On Tue, February 13, 2007 11:23 am, Stewart Stremler wrote: >> I recall in the late 90s consulting with a private phone carrier in >> Atlanta that had all their switching stations operating in MSDOS with a >> propriatary network and interrupt servicing extension. Sure, it was a >> kluge, but it was a _working_ kluge, and they didn't dare touch it. > > Phone carriers tend to be worried about keeping things working, it > seems. > > -- > This seems like an ideal place for Linux or *BSD. > Stewart Stremler
IIRC the reason the phone carrier was talking to a SCM consultant in the first place was their project to replace the antiquated DOS system with a FreeBSD system. But that was years ago (maybe I was in Red Hat 4.1 at the time?). -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
