Solaris vs. Windows 2000

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This paper discusses the operating systems, Solaris and Windows 2000, both options chosen by many people as server operating systems. The paper explains that, while intended to serve the same purpose, these are far from being copycat versions of the same operating system packaged and marketed by different corporations. Both systems will host various types of networks, but on Windows, components interact at a very low level, while on Solaris, components interact at a much higher level. With Solaris converting its licensing terms to open source, Windows remains a far more expensive and inferior choice for many reasons, which are detailed in this comparative and informative paper.

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"Solaris and Windows 2000 server are both popular server operating systems, however, it would be difficult for two systems to be more different. Solaris is the product of combining Berkeley Software Distribution and AT&T System V Unix. Windows 2000 is an evolved version of Windows NT, which contains technologies from DOS and OS/2, with some inspiration from VMS. Both systems are suitable for hosting various types of network services including web, print, file and database applications. Windows is a tightly integrated system which allows components to share data and interact at a very low level. Solaris is highly modular; components interact at a much higher level by passing data as plain text. Windows has several different ways of abstracting hardware configuration and system configuration. Solaris uses human-readable plain text files for configuration and represents hardware devices as files."

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