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Because it runs counter to the "epic nerd" persona Musk was trying to build with his authorized biography. Windows isn't cool right now.
by rrcaptain 8y ago
Because it runs counter to the "epic nerd" persona Musk was trying to build with his authorized biography. Windows isn't cool right now.
- carlivar 8y agoWhen was it cool?
- MPSimmons 8y agoWhen NT4's kernel was released and Linux was on 2.2, there was a good reason to choose Windows for stability - or at least, there were trade-offs that were acceptable up to Windows 2000. After that, it became a battle for libraries. If you're using C# or other dotNet, then you're on Windows (or Mono?!?), otherwise your platform is Linux. Both are reasonably capable of high service uptimes and solid performance. With Server Core and PowerShell, there's a lot more parity than my fellow Linux admins want to admit, but either is a viable choice for general IT services at this point. Note - I'm excluding licensing entirely from this, as well as infrastructure maintenance and control surfaces. Nobody likes DSC, and there are several superior config management solutions for Linux that don't have meaningful analogs on Windows.
- carlivar 8y agoThe thing that made NT4 still "super uncool" for me was needing to reboot when the IP address changed. Back at that time of NT4 & Linux 2.2, I'd argue Solaris was the best option.