vironments is too broad of a subject to come to a reasonable conclusion. However, one could argue about the advantages and disadvantages pertaining to the Unix based Linux operating system and the infamous Windows NT operating system. I can compare and contrast these two operating systems, but I cannot take a strong stand because it all depends on a number of situations including the different networking environments, the applications that are readily available, and most important what the user wants. Linux is a free operating system that was developed on the Internet. It was formed by Linus Torvalds first, then he put its source code to his web page. Following that the Internet hackers and the programmers developed it. It is an Unix-like operating system because it is the main reason to develop the Linux. By the time it becomes a big organization and now it is a powerful, advanced operating system. It has an important feature that is not available for other operating systems. You can run Linux with other operating systems like MacOS, DOS, Windows 95, Windows NT, Novell, OS/2 on the same machine. It is an advantage of Linux that a user can easily compare Linux with other operating systems.A Linux system comes with a range of development tools (C/C++ Compiler, Perl, Tcl/Tk, Python, CORBA, Ada, Pascal, Lisp, REXX, Java, etc., as well as many text editors and integrated development environments), all of which are free. In order to create software under Linux, there is no expensive package to buy. Many NT users complain about system crashes or the dreaded “blue screen of death.” NT systems face a lot of down times, which creates a problem for mission critical situations. It is very frustrating to be working on something for a couple of hours and see it vanish or crash. Unix based systems have experienced much less down times compared to Windows machines. Re-booting the server should not take place very often, and L...
