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I think you underestimate how slowly things move in some places. There are still shops running COBOL on mainframes. Windows is going to have a place on servers
by cwyers 7y ago
I think you underestimate how slowly things move in some places. There are still shops running COBOL on mainframes. Windows is going to have a place on servers for decades to come.
- paxys 7y agoYes, but in the same way companies are still running XP. There is zero chance there will be new releases of Windows Server a decade from now. Microsoft itself is starting to host its services on Linux.
- bitwize 7y agoI don't see a Linux version of Exchange or Active Directory yet. For internal email, it's pretty much Exchange or GTFO.
- t0astbread 7y agoOpenLDAP, Postfix/Dovecot?
- deadbunny 7y agoAnd all the other stuff?
- bitwize 7y agoNot a fully integrated email and calendaring solution that can be set up and administrated by typical overworked corporate IT staff. Completely unacceptable.
- t0astbread 7y agoThen what about iRedMail? Isn't that sort of an all-in-one wrapper around Postfix/Dovecot and some other stuff?
- belltaco 7y agoYour statement reminds me of a well known tech pundit (Cringely?) who predicted in 2012 that Windows client would die in 2017.
- cwyers 7y agoIt's been less than a year since the last release of OS/2, I think we're a long ways away from the last release of Windows for servers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcaOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcaOS
- equasar 7y agoWith .NET 5, Windows to Linux migrations are going to become faster.
- tracker1 7y agoOne can only hope... Containerization on Linux is so much smoother imho. Not being able to run both win and lin containers for developers is a big issue. Linux owns this space, and it will likely continue down that path. Currently doing a couple .Net core projects with deployments to Windows and Linux.
- ncmncm 7y agoNews flash, there is more COBOL being written today that in any prior year. It's a small part of the total output, but is not decreasing in absolute terms.
- gdy 7y agoWhat is the source?