Niall Kavanagh wrote:
>
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Jeffry Smith wrote:
>
> > OK, do you want cons only or pros and cons?
> > One con is that Linux does not run as efficiently on large machines
> > (E10K, Q Wildfire) as the native Unix (note, most people won't care,
> > as they don't run those machines).
> >
> > Pro:
> > Security: You can independently examine the code, determine and FIX
> > problems, remove code you don't need to run, etc.
>
> Reality: If you have asked someone else for a list of pros and cons
> there is very little chance you're capable of doing this. Not a big deal,
> since a security problem for you is probably a security problem for
> everyone, and it's most likely in the developer's best interests to
> address it.
Of course, if they can't examine the code, they can hire someone
(independent of the vendor) who can.
>
> > Problem fixing: You can get it fixed NOW. You're back up &
> > operational in the minimal amount of time, losing the least amount of
> > money / time / whatever is valuable because of downtime.
>
> Reality: Again, the chances that you are capable of doing this are slim
> (assuming you are speaking of code changes to the kernel/system
> process/open source application). If it is a problem that affects a group
> of people it will likely get addressed. If it is an "itch", well, at least
> you can *pay* someone to fix it.
Or, hire someone (whom you choose) to fix the problem, & fire them if
they don't (I understand there's a few companies who do this, I might
have heard the name of one, I believe it's called Mission Critical
Linux ;-)
>
> > Support: Related to above, if you don't like your support vendor, you
> > can change them at a whim.
>
> An excellent pro!
>
> > Support: You're not forced to upgrade to fix a problem. (Ex: 2.0.39
> > is coming out soon, although 2.4 is the next revision).
> >
>
> Again, and excellent pro. Modular upgrades are good.
>
> FWIW, I'm all for evangalism, but a pro/con list is not the place for it.
> If you don't have a con for every pro you're doing yourself a disservice.
> (Note to Jeff: No disservice there.... a good list of pros!)
>
No problem, we're all working for the same cause. Thanks for the
comments, making me think things out some more
--
jeff smith
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The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that
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