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Windows is not a server OS. It's a desktop OS you can use to talk to Linux servers. That's why they gave us WSL and that nice terminal I'm looking at.
by teekert 6y ago
Windows is not a server OS. It's a desktop OS you can use to talk to Linux servers. That's why they gave us WSL and that nice terminal I'm looking at.
- vbsteven 6y agoYou would be surprised about the number of Windows Servers out there. Yes Linux and other Unixes are the winners in the server space but there is a very significant amount of Windows servers in the wild.
- jankiehodgpodge 6y agoMaybe not for hosting but I think the Active directory server at the heart of just about every company would disagree with your statement.
- mey 6y agoSQLServer and Hyper-V are also not to be underestimated.
- 1337shadow 6y agoPostgreSQL and KVM neither.
- 1337shadow 6y agoFreeIPA is a nice FOSS alternative.
- dx034 6y agoNot Windows 10 but Windows Server is a server OS. Usage is probably declining but it's still in use in most companies somewhere for file storage, authentication (AD), databases (SQL Server) or even web servers.
- morganvachon 6y agoYep. We are forced to use it because we are a small company with a budget for one real server, and both our accounting and shipping management solutions are Windows-only. I'd wipe it and switch to Linux in a heartbeat if that weren't the case, as the only other functions the server handles are file storage and AD, both of which can be done on Linux.
- jaywalk 6y agoStill used by around 30% of websites: https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/operating_system https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/operating_system
- withinboredom 6y agoPerhaps interestingly that's about the percentage of sites running WordPress...