[FrayAdjacent911]

I think Linux/Unix can have a very small administrative footprint... if the administration/administrator is a GOOD admin. Linux/Unix offers a ton of automation via scheduling jobs and shell scripts that are just tough to duplicate on a Windows box.

The thing is, Windows is easier to admin, because MS makes it simple to use, and has it automatically do a lot of things, whereas Linux/Unix is more esoteric, more bare, and not as user/admin friendly.

From what I hear, though, MS may move toward a command-line only interface in future Server iterations of their operating systems. Could just be rumor, but it would be nice to be able to cut the overhead of the graphical interface.

I'd also personally like it if MS would make it easier to backup application configuratoins. Linux/Unix is already easy. You configure services through text configuration files. While sometimes it's very tricky to get right, once it's configured, make a backup of the config, and you're good to go. With MS, you have to back up the System State, and Registry, and then getting it back in when you reload the OS to recover from a failure.