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| DATE | 2005-03-16 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] EDS: Linux is insecure, unscalable
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Not only that, but Vioxx is a safe drug for peeple with cardiac problems
who need pain relief.
Ruben
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 07:53:00PM -0000, Inker, Evan wrote:
> Poor FUD..Read it and Laugh
>
> EDS: Linux is insecure, unscalable
>
> Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia
> March 16, 2005
> URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39184795,00.htm
>
>
>
> Large enterprises should not use Linux because it is not secure enough, has
> scalability problems and could fork into many different flavours, according
> to the Agility Alliance, which includes IT heavyweights EDS, Fuji Xerox,
> Cisco, Microsoft, Sun, Dell and EMC.
>
>
> The alliance comprises a group of IT hardware and software firms that have
> combined their expertise and products to help EDS create 'best of breed'
> solutions and compete with the likes of IBM Global Services and
> Hewlett-Packard for the most lucrative government and enterprise contracts.
>
> It was first announced in the US during 2004 but senior executives from
> partner companies gathered in Sydney on Wednesday to officially launch the
> Alliance in Asia Pacific.
>
> At the launch, Robb Rasmussen, vice president of EDS Global Alliances,
> explained that the alliance does not consider Linux to be a suitable
> operating system for the largest of enterprise customers because the open
> source operating system has issues with security, scalability and the
> possibility of forking.
>
> "From a corporate perspective, we are not confident where Linux is right now
> today. A large enterprise needs to be sure because it relates to securifying
> [sic] the environment. We see some of the same things occurring that did to
> Unix -- it could splinter into many different types of languages. We are
> quite cautious about Linux and its deployment," said Rasmussen.
>
> Rasmussen said he was just as concerned about using Linux on mainframe
> computers.
>
> "We are concerned about security on an open standard environment like that.
> We are also concerned about some of the scalability issues that we are
> seeing on our clients on a global basis. Also, we are somewhat cautious
> about what happened with Unix - it splintered into eight applications --
> until McNealy (Scott McNealy, chief executive of Sun) finally announced he
> won the battle and had the one surviving Unix out there. We think Linux has
> the possibility of going the same route," said Rasmussen.
>
> Additionally, he said that Linux is not significantly cheaper than
> alternative operating systems.
>
> "Quite honestly, in the notion of costs, as we look at what we are
> structuring with our alliance partners, we are not seeing a compelling cost
> advantage that would lend us towards Linux -- given the other things I have
> mentioned," said Rasmussen.
>
> Jim Hassell, managing director of Sun Microsystems Australia, argued that
> Linux was no loss to the Agility Alliance because it could use Solaris 10
> instead of Linux rival Red Hat.
>
> "If you test Red Hat against Solaris 10 against whatever else... we would
> say that Solaris 10 beats it hands down on functionality and everything
> else," said Hassell.
>
>
>
>
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