Re: Switch from AIX to NT???

From: SPasco@unibiz.com > >From: SPasco@unibiz.com > > > >I wouldn't say it's a WAY bigger pain in the ass than on AIX. Scripting >on > >UNIX is just easier. > >Unless you are fluent in NT Scripting. > >"NT scripting"? Is that one of those oxymoron things, like "military >intelligence"? > >Ha ha ha. Funny. >WSH - windows scripting host or HTA - HTML application Oh, is that the cool thing that lets all these virii slaughter your machine, yeah, that is pretty cool. > >Depends on the application, obviously. > >Yes, of course, if you _need_ a half-assed, completely daft, half-finished >operating system with bollocks tools, compulsory reboots, shite performance >and poor scalability as part of your application, NT is definitely the way >to go. > >I would not laud the performance/scalability/etc. of NT over UNIX, but, >yes, I >use it, and yes, it works fine for my applications. My applications? >Letting >dumb end users have a good database at a reasonable price. There are Uh, what's wrong with Linux? >plenty of >applications that do not involve mission critical (or anything close to is) >performance nor the involvement of qualified personal (one of the better >points >of Informix). But you know this. I personally use AIX and HPUX. Sure, I'm living proof that you don't need anything like a qualified person to run an Informix shop. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

In article <8t4u4o$qfb$1@news.xmission.com>, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > From: SPasco@unibiz.com > >Ha ha ha. Funny. > >WSH - windows scripting host or HTA - HTML application I use perl on NT personally. > Oh, is that the cool thing that lets all these virii slaughter your > machine, > yeah, that is pretty cool. That's a end user problem: someone who can't figure out *not* to run and unknown program from an unknown source. If given Linux, they would glad execute unknown ksh scripts as root, which, for example, added a virus to ksh or csh that read the contents of your saved mail directory and send itself to every email address found. Or are you under the impression that unix is immune to virii? > > >Depends on the application, obviously. > > > >Yes, of course, if you _need_ a half-assed, completely daft, half- finished > >operating system with bollocks tools, compulsory reboots, shite performance > >and poor scalability as part of your application, NT is definitely the way > >to go. My, what venom.... > >I would not laud the performance/scalability/etc. of NT over UNIX, but, > >yes, I > >use it, and yes, it works fine for my applications. My applications? > >Letting > >dumb end users have a good database at a reasonable price. There are > > Uh, what's wrong with Linux? Nothing, it's just that the average user doesn't have a couple years of unix experience just to setup and maintain a database (and can't afford to pay some unix tech to maintain the system). -- Tom Kliethermes 90% of people give the rest of us a bad name. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.