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Story: Battle continues over true cost of Linux

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"believe" is not the same as "is". The tobacco industries played this line for a long time too. The so called analysis has a lot of wiggle room and heavy use of weasle words.

I also suspect there is something wrong with the methodology used in the backup/restore.

In the case of time to restore, the only times I've had to (or heard of) people having to restore a linux based server have usually been when new hardware is purchased and services are to be moved to the new hardware. After I get a server set up, I do a back-up, wipe the HD, and then restore once, just to ensure that the back up data and method are working and documented. That usually takes less than 30 minutes.

In contrast, most MS-Windows servers I've had the misfortune to observe, need a re-install oftern. This ranges from every few weeks to every few months. The server is usually down (from a user's perspective) all day when the restor is being done. So I'm not sure how the Yankee group was able to fiddle the methodology to make the llinux restor slower.

Regarding DiDio's whining about criticism, she has earned her poor reputation many times over. If she can't take the heat, then she should stay out of the kitchen.

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