-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 PJ,
On 9/5/12 3:29 PM, PJ Delsh wrote: > When we had Tomcat issues, every Tomcat professional we spoke to > told us to drop Windows and move to Linux ASAP. I wouldn't argue that moving away from Microsoft Windows isn't a good idea in general, but your consultants were probably not proficient with Windows and wanted you to move for /their/ sake, not yours. > We were told that Tomcat is more stable and less sensitive on > Linux, and there are far better troubleshooting tools on Linux than > there are for Windows. The "tools" assertion is probably true, but doesn't actually extend to the JVM itself: the same tools are available on Linux as well as other operating systems. If Tomcat is any less stable on Microsoft Windows, it's because of Windows itself and not Tomcat. There was a time (1998?) when Sun's Linux JVM was super buggy and Microsoft Windows was the only reasonably stable OS when it came to Java deployments. Lots of things have changed, but the Sun/Oracle JVM is very stable on every environment I've used it (Linux 2.4/2.6, Win2k/XP/Vista/7, and Mac OS X). > If this is inaccurate, then Tomcat consulting companies are > spreading misinformation. The Apache Software Foundation doesn't control any "Tomcat consulting companies", and they can spread whatever misinformation they seem appropriate. It's up to you to decide if their advice is good. If your problems went away by switching from Microsoft Windows to Linux*, then I'm glad you had success. I suspect that there was more going on and that a "simple" switch from Microsoft Windows to Linux wasn't a magic fix-it pill. * A tall order for most companies who have a lot of money invested in their deployment strategy, IT staff, network operations, production support, etc. It doesn't matter which way you switch: Linux -> Windows would be a huge inconvenience to an ops department as well. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBHw9YACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PDQVwCeIcf1OZlQJDt31cK5X34wvvBn qaMAn1MmDcL1ixD14oOUMFgO5Mv4QYuA =Xd1G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
