Re: Avoid Windows NT for database server - says the White paper!!

Posted in 1998

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Platform-Specific Issues, Cloud, Docker & Containers

hbgreen@my-dejanews.com — Fri, 04 Dec 1998 12:29:36 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I hope that I am not to late on this but I highly recommend buying S.U.S.E. Linux over Red Hat. I liked Red Hat but I loved S.U.S.E. The ease of installation and plethora (sp) of apps is un-rivaled Schulers Books ?? $79 dollars if I remember correctly, Full documentation, and the commercial version of the Applix Ware Productivity Suite. In article <743o66$qnl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, nigel_tufnel@my-dejanews.com wrote: > They may be the Interbase mongers, but I gotta tell you, after all the large > scale load testing I've done on HP UX boxes and NT, I think they're right. NT > sucks gerbils through straws by comparison. > > My one criticism is that I can't really see any slowdown due to the GUI. > > I'm going to have to go buy myself Linux Redhat today I think... :) > > Regards, > > Nigel > > In article <366726de.4402875@keeks.ioc.ee>, > chef@roadkillcafe.com (Foxtrot) wrote: > > On Tue, 01 Dec 1998 21:17:35 +0000, Dev_Al <alavoor@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > >Windows NT is a resource hog more suitable for graphics and win32 GUI > > >apps. > > > > > >The paper at http://www.interbase.com/tech/icon/index.html says so ---> > > > > Oh, it's the Interbase doom mongers again. Do not make the mistake of > > taking them seriously. > > > > > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own > -- HBGreen A.K.A. Brett Selleck Application Developer Meijer Inc. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own