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_at_sun11.tfh-berlin.de (Jost Boekemeier ) wrote:
>bill davidsen (davidsen_at_tmr.com) wrote:
>: In article <511867$hdj_at_news.cs.tu-berlin.de>,
>: Jost Boekemeier <jost_at_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_at_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
>
 

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