[Discuss] Why use Linux? (back to original question)

[Edward Ned Harvey (blu)]

> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of
> 
> In a web environment you should be using Linux, hands down. I'll amplify
> this assertion a little bit as well, you should make sure your web service
> environment is in a virtual machine on Linux.

Everything you said can be done on any environment, mac, linux, unix (solaris, various BSD's), and windows.

And you're wrong about sparse files.  All of the above support sparse files.