Heavyweights trade haymakers with Linux/Windows claims

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
09/05/05
Today's focus: Heavyweights trade haymakers with Linux/Windows
claims

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* IBM and Microsoft release research in defense of Linux and
  Windows, respectively
* Links related to Linux
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Today's focus: Heavyweights trade haymakers with Linux/Windows
claims

By Phil Hochmuth

They say statistics are like a lamppost to a drunk; more for
support than enlightenment.

And with that, IBM and Microsoft both recently came out firing
with their own vendor-funded research in defense of Linux and
Windows, respectively.

At a recent partner conference, Microsoft officials brought up a
study the company commissioned with Security Innovation, a
testing company, in which Windows 2003 running MS SQL was put up
against Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 running MySQL and Oracle 10g
databases. The study looked at the number of vulnerabilities
found on the two systems over a one-year period, starting
February 2004. The study found that the Windows system had 27
vulnerabilities over time, while the Linux system experienced
116. Critics of the study said the severity of vulnerabilities
found was not considered, leaving Linux to appear as the weaker
technology.

On the TCO front, IBM launched its self-funded research with the
Robert Frances Group. In that study, findings showed that Linux
was 40% less expensive to run vs. Windows servers, and 54%
cheaper to run than Solaris. The research was based on
interviews of IT executives from 20 organizations with more than
250 employees, including schools, banks, stores and government
agencies. The study also focused on a three-year period of
owning and maintaining a server that has to support at least
100,000 operations per second. The study found a slight cost gap
in favor of Linux over Windows in terms of hardware (which might
seem strange, since both platforms run on Intel-based
architectures). It was also found that administrators could
manage more Windows servers with fewer staff, which was the most
significant factor in the 40% savings claim.

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Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
systems integrator. You can reach him at
<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
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