Since Victor mentions he has joined a telecoms vendor, he's not talking about Linux on the desktop. He's talking about Linux inside the box.
Let me think -- SMSC, HLR, SDP. These types of boxes. I know of a (local to Philippines) telecoms ISV whose entire system (including a complete MVNO system) runs on Windows. For these types of folks, who are also heavily invested in the Windows development model, it is very difficult to shift. However, all of the major telecom vendors either (a) target Linux as a fully-supported platform; or (b) are shifting from proprietary Unix to Linux. There is an OSDL initiative, Carrier Grade Linux, which is supported by all the large vendors. Oracle has a telecoms infrastructure called Carrier Grade Framework that runs on top of Linux on Intel. Nokia Siemens, Ericsson, and Lucent are all running their next-gen platforms on Linux. That alone should be a valid argument for the suitability of Linux in a carrier environment. The Large Local Telco (you all know who I mean...) also has a huge investment in Linux. I think for telecoms environment, security issues in Windows are not really that important -- because the environment is typically very constrained and controlled. And so, I would have to say, aside from TCO and licensing issues, there is really no great value of using Linux over Windows. On Feb 10, 2008 7:33 AM, Victor Sien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to the list so a little introduction :) i used to be a member of > plug a decade ago.. i've been using/managing linux since 1995 until around 5 > years ago when i strayed into other areas - storage, telecoms, etc... few > months ago i joined a telecoms vendor that develops a messaging solution, of > which the core component runs on windows 2003. we're hoping to change that > and convince top management to consider development under linux over the > long term. but i had to build the case which i thought was easy.. so the > first thing i looked at are the support logs and was surprised there werent > any significant number of OS crashes, and the windows part of the > infrastructure enjoy a very healthy uptime. that quickly shot down my > argument on stability. i can always support my argument that linux can also > provide a stable/scaleable platform, but since the company has invested so > much on a windows-centric development team, i figure i should put up a case > based on the idea that linux is better than windows (stability, performance, > and scalability) if we have to shake things up. _________________________________________________ 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
