On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 11:22, Pete James wrote: > > Hey, look... yours IS bigger than mine. :-)
And smaller than a lot of others, but I don't have the cash to go and get a new one or an enlargement. Besides, everyone tells me this one is perfect for my needs ;) Cheers, Rob. > > Seriously, though, I think it's safe to say that "your mileage may > vary". It certainly doesn't take 2 minutes to compile and install all > of the dependencies along with PHP. It also doesn't take me 6 minutes > to restart my version of Windows (2 minutes, tops). Besides, this > particular comparison is fundamentally flawed anyway... you don't have > to restart windows to install PHP, Apache, or MySQL. > > But now I'm just splitting hairs, so I'll stop. :-) > > Cheers, > Pete. > > Robert Cummings wrote: > > > Time to shutdown, reboot, and log into admin account on windows on an > > AMD 2400+: 6 minutes 37 seconds > > > > Time to ./configure AND compile apache 1.3.28 under linux: 30 seconds > > > > Time to ./configure AND compile php 4.3.3 under linux: 2 minutes 16 > > seconds > > > > Time to ./configure AND compile mysql 4.0.15a under linux: 7 minutes 34 > > seconds > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Availability of computer during windows reboot: 0% > > > > Availability of linux computer during compilations: anywhere from 50% to > > 90% > > > > I think your math with respect to 1,000 times is off by a little. maybe > > 999 >:) > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:34, Becoming Digital wrote: > > > >>>All security advantages aside, I prefer linux because everytime I > >>>install a new program or service I don't need to reboot :) > >> > >>Yeah, but in the time you spend resolving RPM package dependencies, re-compiling > >>the application, checking in and out of CVS, etc, all trying to install the damn > >>thing once, you could have rebooted WinBlows 1,000 times. ;) > >> > >>Edward Dudlik > >>Becoming Digital, a Tri-OS company. > >>www.becomingdigital.com > >> > >> > >>wishes | www.amazon.com/o/registry/EGDXEBBWTYUU > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Robert Cummings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "Raditha Dissanayake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Cc: "Peter James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PHP-General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Monday, 22 September, 2003 01:08 > >>Subject: Re: [PHP] non-php issue > >> > >> > >>On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 01:09, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: > >> > >>>relax guys, > >>> > >>>I have been dying to say "You can fix all of your problems by > >>>formatting your computer and installing a linux distribution." On this > >>>list for ages :-) > >>> > >>>but the fact remains that an out of the box installation of any of the > >>>linux distros are far more secure than anything putout by that redmond > >>>company. > >> > >>All security advantages aside, I prefer linux because everytime I > >>install a new program or service I don't need to reboot :) > >> > >>Cheers, > >>Rob. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
