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Originally posted by Thermodyne:
But on the other hand, if it is enterprise, then show us something that is better than MS and we will look at it. UNIX is too user unfriendly for the PITA’s to use with the exception of some very specific applications. Linux is not bad on the desk top, but server side is still absolute junk. FreeBSD is the worst of the lot. And in the enterprise, open source is not free and often it is hard if not imposable to insure.

Pfff. Really. The os's you talked about UNIX, Windows and Linux practically all do the same and are IMO almost as good as one another at it. A system is as secure as it's administrator so if you hire a guy who knows Linux, he's going to install it faster that windows and more secure than if he would have to install a windows server.

But on the other hand, if it is enterprise, then show us something that is better than MS and we will look at it.

You named a couple of replacement OS's yourself. And they are as good. If you say they aren't, that's because you haven't spent as much time trying to use them as you did with Windows.
Is Unix or Linux more difficult for most people? Yes because most people who start working with a computer start off with Windows.

Linux is not bad on the desk top, but server side is still absolute junk.

Huh? Linux is far and formost an os for servers, next for desktops. Last week i've setup my Linux server as a PDC using samba. Piece of cake and i now allows my XP to register with the domain and load/save stuf to the linux server. This is only a small example. I'm not saying that in your case it's not the best tool but Linux has a lot of good alternatives to Windows programs and to this day it's still more stable than Windows as a server although recent Version of Windows tend to be very stable also.

FreeBSD is the worst of the lot.

So it seems. I haven't used it so i cannot comment on my own experiences but i've heard other people say that it can be a pain to install a BSD server.

And in the enterprise, open source is not free and often it is hard if not imposable to insure.

Open soure allows companies to sell the source. You can take an open source program and sell it but you have to provide the source code. Why would this be a problem. And insuring program code? I have never heard about this before.

Anyway, to me, you do not come across unbiased when talking about Windows vs Linux vs Unix. I've worked with Linux and i've worken with Windows and to me, they both have their strengths.