Re: NT versus AIX

Thomas Bohan wrote in message <810o48$oja$1_at_scotty.tinet.ie>...
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>However, the B.O.D. is pushing the development team to investigate porting
>to NT.
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>Personally, I have a preconception that UNIX is stable and powerful and
that
>NT doesn't scale and requires much rebooting.

How many times a system requires rebooting or falls over, has more to do IMHO with bad sysadmin, problematic hardware and so on. I've seen rock stabled NT systems running corporate database services. Ditto for Unix. By the same token I've seen Unix boxes that frequently crashes. Ditto for NT. Many is quick to point out and say that the operating system is crap - especially when Unix guys are talking about NT. Sure there's bugs in NT. As there are bugs in Unix. And I've been bitten in the butt on both platforms with damn bugs in the kernel that required a lot of digging to discover the problem and trying to find the right patch to apply.

Scaling - well, Microsoft will probably claim that they can now scale as well as Unix with NT. Maybe, but that is yet to be proven IMO. Unix does not have anything to proof in this regard. NT has. Which is why I would think that most of us will feel more comfortable with a Unix platform when scaling is an important criteria.

But looking at you situation - investigating is the right way to go. We all have our preconceptions. The only way to really find out is by actually doing it. Maybe NT will provide a better platform for -your- unique requirements. Maybe AIX is better suites to your unique requirements.

Anyone that tells you differently and try to convince you up front as to which one will suit you the best, without -exactly- knowing your requirements, is nothing but an ass IMNSHO. Which of course explains a lot about sales and marketing people... ;-)

regards,
Billy Received on Thu Nov 18 1999 - 07:25:19 CST