Matthias Buelow writes: > Well, if you just run a set of 1-3 applications, and don't do anything > else with the computer, there shouldn't be much of a difference.
True, if those applications run identically on both platforms. > Apart from making a political statement, the advantage is > of course being independent from the Microsoft update cycle. The disadvantage is that you need orders of magnitude more technical expertise in-house to support the OS. A serious problem will arise if the city wants to install a new application and it runs only on Windows. > Another point, as far as I got it, was security, i.e., higher > resilience towards worms and viruses. Except that this isn't the case. Most of the stuff I see on bugtraq these days references versions of UNIX, particularly Linux. UNIX has traditionally been a less tempting target, but it is not a less vulnerable target. -- Anthony _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
