Difference between windows and Unix


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Difference between windows and Unix
# 1  
Old 06-06-2011
Difference between windows and Unix

Hi all,


can anyone share any URl or link which is about the main 20 advantages and features of unix over windows i mean i need camparison matrix between windows and any flavour of unix. thanks a lot in advance for sharing.


Best Regards
# 2  
Old 06-06-2011
Homework?
# 3  
Old 06-06-2011
it does mean catching mouse. thanks for you are professional way.
# 4  
Old 06-06-2011
Hi.

General comparison of OSs ... cheers, drl

Comparison of operating systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
# 5  
Old 06-07-2011
Unix was designed as a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system. Windows, initially, was not really designed for this.. and still carries some poor design choices even after recognizing the need for handling multiple users and tasks. Windows attempt at handling multiple users was to create the idea of required client OS installations in addition to what they called a server OS installation. And this is still their primary model for handling multiple users. With Unix, there doesn't have to be any distinction of client vs. server, which is useful when you consider the cost of Windows CALs.

Because Unix systems are simply general purpose multi-user, multi-tasking entities, Unix can be made into pretty much anything (there isn't a hard paradigm that is difficult to thwart with Unix... the whole client/server model of Windows can be VERY limiting).

Unix tends to focus on the idea of processes and files as the core. Windows core consists of a set of API's that cover many very specific areas. The flexibility of Unix is in the elegant simplicity of its model. True, you can make a very insecure Unix platform, but unlike Windows, you can also make a very secure platform as well. The Windows core consists of legacy APIs, redundant APIs, deprecated APIs and the ever growing set of new APIs... and since it's an API driven model, there are lots of security issues... arguably, it's not fixable.

There are even more elegant solutions out there than Unix... but just the few good design choices made early on have allowed Unix (and even Linux) to stand the test of time.

Unix can be used to make small footprint appliances (e.g. even mobile phone devices... many of which are Linux based). Windows required a whole DIFFERENT OS and API stack to support small footprint appliances, and indeed, even so, there are many choices even in that space (WinCE, Windows Mobile, etc.)... all different, all unique... and it multiplies the security issues that have to be taken into account.

Unix, simple design, flexible OS, a gazillion possibilities.

Windows, complex design, insecure and risky, limited possibilities (by design).

Just my two cents... I specialize in Unix/Linux + Windows integration...
This User Gave Thanks to cjcox For This Post:
 
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Difference between UNIX and Windows Disk storage

I have heard that UNIX disk storage is costlier than Windows Disk storage. Is that true? If not why we have limited storage on UNIX systems? Windows disk storage is so cheap nowadays. Is it not true for UNIX disks? (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Soham
8 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Needed SFTP script from windows to UNIX server and from UNIX to windows server(reverse SFTP)

hi guys, i need a script to sftp the file from windows to unix server ....(before that i have to check whether the file exists in the windows server or not and again i have to reverse sftp the files from unix to windows server..... regards, Vasa Saikumar. (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: hemanthsaikumar
13 Replies

3. Linux

What is the difference between Linux and Windows?

Hi, What is the difference between Linux and Windows? Thanks. (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: billcrosby
5 Replies

4. Linux

Difference between Windows and Linux

Hi, What is the difference between Linux and Windows? Thanks. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: billcrosby
1 Replies

5. What is on Your Mind?

Difference between windows and linux?

Hi.. What is the difference between linux and windows? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: billcrosby
2 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Unix shell script to Copy files from one Windows server to another Windows server.

Can anybody please help me on how to code for the below requirement: I need to write a shell script (on different unix server) to copy files from multiple folders (ex. BRN-000001) from one windows server (\\boldls-mwe-dev4)to a different windows server(\\rrwin-ewhd04.ecomad.int). This shell... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: SravsJaya
4 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Execution difference in perl scripts for windows / AIX

Hi, I have perl script abc.pl which runs perfectly fine on windows ( execution from cmd). Now i tried to execute the same perl module on the AIX server after defining the captureoutput.pm and other relevant changes. But its behaving very weirdly as a portion of the URL which is formed by... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: slayer0611
3 Replies

8. AIX

Do I need to configure my local windows to FTP files from local windows to a UNIX AIX server?

Hi Friends, I have this script for ftping files from AIX server to local windows xp. #!/bin/sh HOST='localsystem.net' USER='myid_onlocal' PASSWD='mypwd_onlocal' FILE='file.txt' ##This is a file on server(AIX) ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT quote USER $USER quote PASS $PASSWD put $FILE... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: rajsharma
1 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Changing windows server alias name on windows or unix?

My situation is that we have production unix scripts that ftp files over to a windows server. I'm not sure if its a 2000 or 2003 server as I dont work on server, more on the unix side. It turns out that they are changing servers on the network. So they are migrating our data over from say Server 1... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: NycUnxer
1 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Difference between UNIX operating system and Unix Open Server

Hi, I recently joined this forum and new to UNIX. Is there any difference between UNIX operating system and UNIX open server? Please explain. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Manjit
1 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question