Re: Caldera Network Desktop (was:Re: SMP & threads for SQL queries)
Jost, You mentioned that a lot of big shops are running the stable versions of linux. Does any body have any information like what is it used for - desktops or servers. What kinds of databases are they running on these? Obviously not Sybase or Oracle or Informix. - Prasad jost@sun11.tfh-berlin.de (Jost Boekemeier ) wrote: >bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) wrote: >: In article <511867$hdj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de>, >: Jost Boekemeier <jost@hercules.rz.charite.hu-berlin.de> wrote: > >: | Yes, every new software has bugs, but it is fair to say that Linux >: | is much more stable than other software due to its special devellopment >: | procedure, where *everyone* can look into the code and report bugs so that >: | these bugs will be fixed immediatly. > >: This is utter nonsense! Linux has many good features, but QA is not >: one of them, > > >Ehm, i think we are talking about two different things here: QA (writing test >drivers, doing simulations etc.) applies _before_ a product is shipped. >Instead, Linux people give away "beta versions" (say version 1.2.0) and ask >users on the net to test this out. Students pick up the new kernel from >ftp sites and test it, report bugs, suggestions, bug-fixes to the appropriate >mailing-list and a new kernel comes out: 1.2.1. >This continues with 1.2.2, 1.2.3, ... until no more bugs are reported. > >Linux version 1.2.13 is the last stable kernel and is tested by about 3 million >people for over one year. It has been tested against the Posix.1 standard >by the National Institute of Standards NIST (write to posix@nist.gov, topic >"send 151-2reg" to verify this) and is in use in large companies like >NASA, Compuserve, Dornier Aerospace and Deutsche Bahn (german railway). > > >: testing mechanism in place and a change was put in the "stable" >: version instead of the 2.1.0 development version. > >The "user kernel" (don't confuse this with "stable") 2.0.20 is still beta. > > >: Linux is a great and wonderful operating system, but it does not >: have the things which a vendor concerned with profit would provide. > >See www.caldera.com. > > >: If no one decides to do something, it goes undone, because it's not >: someone's job to worry about installed customer base. > >Sorry, but this is rubbish: Linux started 4 years ago with a two process >sheduler. >Look where it is now: It is Posix.1 conformant and it is expected that it will >receive a SPEC1170 (Unix 95) brand in 1997. > > >: if Linux was a stable and bug free as you say it >: wouldn't be an adventure. > >Do not confuse the beta versions you can get via ftp with the >old, but stable versions that companies like caldera offer. >If you want all the nice features a new kernel has, pick it up from the >internet and happy bug hunting. Instead if you want a fast WfW-server, >a web/database-server, a router, a desktop operating system which >is not commonly associated with CONTROL-ALT-DELETE _and_ if stability is not >a political but a real question: buy a supported Linux 1.2.13 based >distribution instead of a crippled OS like WinNT Workstation, where you don't >know what is going on inside the system. > > >From the product description of Applixware for Linux: >Description > >Applixware, the most popular and complete office automation suite for UNIX(r) systems, has been >ported to Linux. This is an Office Suite for Linux that takes advantage of a "real" operating system. >... >Underlying all the Applixware components is ELF (Extension Language Facility), an interpretive >programming language and powerful back-engine that provides Applixware with its unique >capabilities, including: > > Automating mission-critical work processes and lengthy tasks > Building user-definable applications to address your specific business challenges > Developing graphical front-ends to Applixware and other applications > Live-linking to and launching of other business applications and external data sources > directly from Applixware > > > >Greetings, >Jost > -- /***********************************************************************/ H.S. Prasad Standard Disclaimer Email: prasad_hs@jpmorgan.com Phone: (302)634-8398 Fax : (302)634-8563 /***********************************************************************/