Re: EGL FUD

["Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 16, 2007 7:18 PM, Aaron Bartell <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > (I'm going to ignore .NET just because I choose to <grin>.  It requires
> an
> operating system that Microsoft can barely deliver.  You want to run your
> business on Vista?
>
> Is there a "Vista Server Edition" just like there was for XP?  I know for
> one of my JSF apps they always put it on Windows XP Web Edition or
> something
> like that.  As I understand it there are subtle differences that might
> make
> it better than what we run on our desktops - but that's all the further I
> can comment.

more and more Vista and Windows server have a common code base.  This video
gives a great overview of what is new in the internals of Server 2008. (
microsoft is doing an incredible job with windows, .net, its programming
languages and the web. From the standpoint of the quantity of smart people
and the depth of available resources, Microsoft towers over the IBM rational
group. )

http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=365911