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Since NT is often chosen on the basis of cost-effective hardware solutions, Linux will
be the UNIX system in this comparison, for it thrives on Intel hardware.
Note: Only the items/features that actually ship with each operating system are
listed here. Perl 5.0, for instance, is available for all platforms, but Microsoft does
not provide this with its operating systems. On the same note, most distributions of Linux
ship with only about four GUIs (window managers) to choose from, yet you'll note from a
previous section in this article, that this is only a small number of what is available
for Linux, or any other UNIX operating system for that matter. |
| Component |
Linux |
Windows NT Server 4.0 |
| Operating System |
Free, or around $49.95 for a CD-ROM distribution |
Five-User version $809
10-User version $1129
EE 25-User Version $3,999 |
| Free online technical support |
Yes, Linux Online or Redhat |
No |
| Kernel source code |
Yes |
No |
| Web Server |
Apache Web Server |
IIS |
| FTP Server |
Yes |
Yes |
| Telnet Server |
Yes |
No |
| SMTP/POP3 Server |
Yes |
No |
| DNS |
Yes |
Yes, though reports indicate that it is a broken implementation with limited
functionality. |
| Networking |
TCP/IP, IPv6, NFS, SMB, IPX/SPX, NCP Server (NetWare Server), AppleTalk, plus many
other protocols |
TCP/IP, SMB, IPX/SPX, AppleTalk, plus many other protocols |
X Window Server
(For running remote
GUI-based applications) |
Yes |
No |
| Remote Management Tools |
Yes, all tools |
Web Administrator 2.0 (a recent addition) offers a large, but still not complete, set
of tools.
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| News Server |
Yes |
No |
| C and C++ compilers |
Yes |
No |
| Perl 5.0 |
Yes |
No |
| Revision Control |
Yes, RCS |
No |
| Number of file systems supported |
32 |
3 |
| Disk quotas support |
Yes |
No |
| Number of GUIs (window managers) to choose from |
4 |
1 |
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