[mythtv-users] why you use myth...like myth, or hate Microsoft

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Sun Mar 2 22:24:48 UTC 2008


On Mar 2, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Bill Williamson wrote:

>
>
> However, Media Center is a big piece of crap.  Vista made it actually
> stable, but it still can't handle simple things like DVB-S without
> hacking and doesn't REALLY support a client-server model.

Not to mention the two-tuner limit (one if outside the USA). That's a  
total showstopper, literally.

>
> It's the same reason I run linux on my backend HOME server... what
> would I gain by using server 2003?  At work, where we manage 5000
> accounts and 7000 desktops, yes, MS all the way!  But at my home, or a
> small/medium business with 40 people??? No.

Hmm. I always thought that was where MS fell apart, trying to scale  
things that large, and was where Unix showed its mettle.

beww



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