ZDnet declares apple dead...again


The fact that Mac OS X as a server OS is the same core as Linux means that I could get everything I wanted from one vendor (a rarity these days) and if a person knows the desktop operating system they can easily manage (thanks to tools from Apple) their server.

In an effort to guarnatee themselves a huge readership chunk of the Apple faithful ZDnet posted an article 'Is Apple on the way Out?'

Their premise is, if Windows is hurting because of Linux, Apple must die for it.

However, they seem to forget something. For Windows, there is Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, and Windows 2003 Server (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter)

Linux isn't even a fly farting in a room of grazing cows when it comes to XP Home and XP Professional. Sure it's hurting the Windows 2003 Server families (I'd argue standard and some enterprise, but it's not touching Datacenter). Linux still sucks as a desktop operating system. Sure there is the 1% of the market die hards that swear up and down that it's a great desktop operating system. But until it passes the wife test, or my family test as a usable day to day operating system that supports applications that they need it's not going no where.

On the server side where the administrator is much more technical and the jobs are much more specific it's pretty easy to supplant Windows with Linux. When it comes to doing your checkbook online with your bank, printing photos, simple editing of photos, playing some games, talking with friends via email and IM, Linux addresses each of those things 'sorta' but not nearly as complete as Windows, or as Mac OS X.

The fact that Mac OS X as a server OS is the same core as Linux means that I could get everything I wanted from one vendor (a rarity these days) and if a person knows the desktop operating system they can easily manage (thanks to tools from Apple) their server. So small or medium size businesses that might not be able to find a really good IT guy unless he happens to be a sales guy too aren't going to need a lot of support like they would with Linux.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm an RHCE, MCSE, and a former CNE. So It's not like I've not used/don't use these operating systems in question on a daily basis. I do. I manage a Fedora Core server at work, run windows XP on my work laptop, and Mac OS X at home.

Posted: Sat - October 16, 2004 at 12:37 PM           |

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