On Oct 2, 2007, at 2:13 PM, Orlando Andico wrote: > > But get into something like cluster management. Linux-HA completely > falls flat compared to say HP ServiceGuard, or Veritas Cluster, or Sun > Cluster. Cluster management and load-balancing is a TOUGH job. > Oracle's cluster solution (Oracle Cluster) is only second-tier in this > market, behind the above-mentioned ones. What more a small-community > Open Source project? >
i get where you are coming from. And you are right. That is indeed true. There are a lot of OSS projects that are quite simply not up to the task or are not mature enough. but it's up to us to decide which one's to use right? once upon a time, linux in general wasn't mature. I remember the days of going through hell just to get Gnome to run--- heck to just to boot a box. Apache wasn't mature. Python. PHP. GCC. the success these projects have right now--- didn't get happen over night. sometimes--- like the case of graphics drivers, the companies themselves are withholding information. anyway, the simplistic answer to your point... is to contribute code or bug reports or whatever. be part of the community. that's the beauty of OSS, we're a community first. Clustering isn't a new science. heck, clustering wasn't even invented by Linux or by the Beowulf group. it's been around since the days when Apple and Microsoft were nobodies. This Art of Clustering isn't easy. never meant to be. HA, HPC/HTC are technologies that are not common for the common soul. i'm certain HP, and Sun and Oracle are great at what they do. It is after all their bread and butter. It would be great if everyone could use their tools. Heck, companies exist that specialize in Linux Clustering. Sometimes that kind of tech is just way over every people's budgets or need. So they do what people do: they find a way. i'm not saying Linux is the poor man's tool. I'm saying, Linux and the tools associated with linux distros is a way for people to create, innovate, and accomplish their work. to go back: think a project sucks--- but you need it? use it. contribute to it. Make it the way you think it should be or help it get there. cheers! ------------------ Cocoy Dayao "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware." --Alan Kay _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
