Re: Keep It Clean

From: Mister Creosote <glynb@my-deja.com> > >I have just been asked by a client whether he should consider swapping >out his UNIX box for a couple of NT machines to run his OLTP IDS >system, given the seemingly large difference in cost. I have asked him What seemingly large differences in cost? Please detail? >to bear in mind minor things like resilience (!). Anyone out there want >to add some weight to the argument in favour of UNIX (assuming, of >course, you ARE in favour of UNIX) - remember the subject of this >posting, though ! Ah, f.... that. :-) How about: * cost of retraining sysadmins * cost of maintaining multiple servers (as NT doesn't like to do more than one thing) * BSOD * ease of maintenance * resilience * managing "a couple of NT boxes" is a lot more work than managing one Unix box * rule no 1: if it ain't broke, don't fix it! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com