Windows Server 2008 catching up with Linux?
Windows Server 2008 will never be Linux. And it's not likely to woo Linux users away from open source anytime soon.
But two of Windows Server 2008's new features, PowerShell and Server Core, solve long-lamented Windows shortcomings in snappy Linux-like fashion, potentially easing migration concerns of restless Unix admins who might otherwise move to Linux, said IDC analyst Al Gillen.
"There's an anti-Microsoft bias in Unixland," Gillen said. "The more Microsoft continues to erase objections [with features like PowerShell and Server Core], the harder it is to make the argument that Windows doesn't meet their needs."
Windows Server 2008 includes a long list of general improvements to make it a better product and more competitive in the marketplace, but these two features fill specific gaps in Windows functionality versus that of Unix or Linux, he said.
"As Microsoft strives to grab a larger market, it needs to look where it's not competitive … so it's going after pieces where it hasn't been successful," Gillen added. "They have to make it easier for Unix customers to move to Windows. They aren't trying to capture customers from Linux."
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What's interesting about this is not that it's astute analysis - which it is - but that Ramji doesn't mind making it public while admitting that Windows is learning from open source. Of course, it would be stupid not to, but it's nonetheless an important sign of how things are finally changing at Microsoft that it's prepared to trumpet the fact - and of the irreistible rise of the open source way.
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Why are they reaching out for comments from Microsoft friends (pay-to-say analysts)? Al Gillen is a known anti-Linux person and watch this: '"There's an anti-Microsoft bias in Unixland," Gillen said.'
It's a known fact that he has Microsoft as his customer and IDC is funded by Bill Gates.
For the record, WS08 is the same as Vista (technically) and it already has missing pieces and issue. That's why there's no marketing, either.