{"id":11203,"date":"2008-05-20T00:27:40","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T21:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11203"},"modified":"2008-05-20T00:27:40","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T21:27:40","slug":"how-far-is-a-desktop-from-a-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/20\/how-far-is-a-desktop-from-a-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How far is a desktop from a server?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is an interesting post at The Open Source Advocate blog – “Win the desktop, and you will win the server<\/a>“.\u00a0 Tristan Rhodes, the author of the blog, suggests that in order for an operating system to conquer the server market, it should first conquer (or fight reasonable well for) the desktop market.<\/p>\n

I have to admit that when I just read the article, I felt almost like agreeing.\u00a0 But something kept buzzing me from the inside, so I kept that tab open for a few days.\u00a0 Now that the post was processed at the back of my brain, I have to say that I don’t agree with that point.<\/p>\n

There is, of course, a correlation.\u00a0 Once sysadmins start using something they like on the desktop, it’s pretty soon that they try to see how well that thing handles server tasks.\u00a0 So, of course, people using Windows on the desktop were checking out how to make a server out of it.<\/p>\n

But.\u00a0 I don’t think that conquering the desktop is the only way to the server.\u00a0 Not at all. There are more ways, I somehow feel that those other ways are actually simpler.\u00a0 For one thing, Linux has never been particularly good with desktops.\u00a0 However, only the stubbornest and the most ignorant of sysadmins will argue against Linux server superpowers.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, real sysadmins (which are, of course, in the minority) clearly understand the differences between a desktop computer and a server.\u00a0 What’s good for one might not be so good for the other.<\/p>\n

And then there is this whole “enterprise” issue.\u00a0 Big companies (aka “enterprises”) aren’t about desktops.\u00a0 They are about support services, customizations, and having someone to blame.\u00a0 If there is someone on the other end of the twisted phone cord, they’ll grab him with both hands.<\/p>\n

The historical examples in the Open Source Advocate’s blog post might be related or they might not.\u00a0 The times were different anyway.\u00a0 But even if these examples are related, they aren’t as heavy as they seem.\u00a0 There are many factors to consider (prices, distrubution, documentation, hardware requirements, etc).<\/p>\n

What do you guys think?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

There is an interesting post at The Open Source Advocate blog – “Win the desktop, and you will win the server“.\u00a0 Tristan Rhodes, the author of the blog, suggests that in order for an operating system to conquer the server market, it should first conquer (or fight reasonable well for) the desktop market. 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