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To: J Krnjeu who wrote (20107)	4/8/1999 10:23:00 PM
From: Mitch Blevins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

>>NT on DEC Alphas<< Sounds like you've got the worst of both worlds. Don't get me wrong... I love Alphas... great chips. But why would you run NT on it as a server (as opposed to Digital Unix)? The only reason to run NT as a server is that you can pass down the hardware to a secretary to run as a desktop machine once it gets outdated. Is this server doing something magic that could not be done with a more stable OS? >>NT was easier to administrator and much lower cost<< This is a common misperception (easier to administer), but is fading rapidly. Most all Linux/Unix servers can be administered in the exact same way (edit the conffiles, send a signal to the daemon), and this can be accomplished remotely or locally with equal ease, and no need for a special configuration client. This, coupled with stability and easy automation (via scripts), makes a Linux server much more adminstratable (new word) than NT. Your lower cost claim is just silly.