> I am not really aware of Mono-specific applications as applications
> developed with Mono work on .NET as well.
I guess the better question is whether there are lots of .NET applications
that can run on non-Windows platforms using Mono.
> I don't that is an accurate analogy since running water costs money
> where as idle applications don't.
But you suggested I get a newer computer! That will certainly cost money. If
I did get a newer computer, I suppose I could leave all those things
running, though.
> SQL Server starts up in seconds on your four year old laptop? CFMX?
> What kind of laptop do you have? My brand new one takes minutes.
Wow. There's something wrong with your machine, then. I have a Dell Inspiron
7500. We got it in late '99, so I guess it's not quite four yet. As I said,
I've upgraded the RAM and disk drive. It takes around 30 seconds to start
IIS, a single CFMX instance and a single SQL Server instance. I don't have a
lot of databases registered within that instance, and that significantly
affects SQL Server startup time, in my experience. The largest SQL Server
database I've worked with locally has been around 7 GB, and that didn't take
any longer to start up.
> > I have been looking around this last week for new laptops, but
> > sad to say they're all Windows machines.
>
> That is sad ;)
Don't cry a river on my behalf. I'll be ok, really!
> Well certainly some are, but it is my hope that technical people make
> logical decisions.
Thank you for providing my laugh for the day!
> Just wait for the latest virus, worm, exploit, or patch and the list
> will increase in size yet again.
In all my time using Windows, I've never once had a problem with any of
those on my personal computer. Never. I don't run antivirus software,
either. Of course, I do take precautions - I use Mozilla for web browsing, I
use IP security policy filters to limit inbound access, I don't run as a
user with administrative rights. For that matter, I haven't had problems
with those on the servers I configure, but that's irrelevant to our current
discussion.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
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