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| DATE | 2005-03-16 |
| FROM | From: "Inker, Evan"
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| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] EDS: Linux is insecure, unscalable
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Yeah Permanent Pain Relief
Regards,
Evan M. Inker (New York) x. 4615
-----Original Message-----
From: Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS [mailto:ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 3:00 PM
To: Inker, Evan
Cc: hangout-at-nylxs.com
Subject: Re: [hangout] EDS: Linux is insecure, unscalable
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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