@MasterPlanSoftware said:
@HaunchesMcGee said:
What makes a "Server OS" so special then? I think it's mostly marketing.
If you really think XP == Server 2k3 then you have some serious lack of understanding.
They certainly aren't the same, but I think many of the features found in 2k3 aren't provided by the OS so much as they are provided by software. Also, some of the other features like the increased user limit were probably left out of XP to sell 2k3. XP definitely is unsuitable
for many server applications, but I think this is largely because of
intentional feature crippling. In this case though, I'll concede that the fact that 2k3 is a "Server OS" is significant. I was wrong.
What about Linux though? The IT manager in the OP listed RedHat EE as an example of a Server OS, but a desktop edition of Linux can do everything a server edition can. So, the term "Server OS" is pretty pointless in this case.
Maybe instead of saying "Server OS" we should just say Server 2k* because that seems to be what it really means.