At 10:08 PM 9/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Brett Lorenzen wrote:
>
>> I would argue, though, IF, and only IF, you put 100% MS products on it.
>> I have seen it done that way, but each and every person who claimed to
>> do it with any kind of third party combinations eventually eats their
>> words.
>
>I've run all kinds of non Microsoft products on NT servers:
WebBoard, Netscape
>Enterprise Server, MetaInfo DNS, Sendmail, CorelDraw, etc, etc.
Right. But how often did the machine lockup or give the BSOD ?
>> They're all over. They value their time, and the time they save cutting
>> corners with MS is more valuable than time spent learning Unix. This is
>> what MS knows and caters to.
>
>Agreed.
>
>> I hate MS products, both for how they work and what they represent.
>
>hehehe you've been talking to my partner right? I would love to have another
>operating system that allowed me to run all of the off-the-shelf
software that I
>run. Hopefully some unix flavor will get there someday. Every
year they get a
>little closer, but the fact is, all those desktops are still running WIN##.
They are working on a program called WINE (Windows Emulator) that
will allow UNIX's to run MS Applications.
>> He got back to me this afternoon, asking if he could come in with a
>> Linux/PERL or Solaris/CF solution. :)
>>
>> And that, for me is the bottom line . . . but it's really how you value
>> time and money more than anything else.
>
>For me the decision depends on the application. If someone
tells me, "I've got
>a few thousand items I want in a database on the web", I'm going to put them
>into Access on NT because they'll have Access on their desktop and it makes a
>nice package. If someone says, "I want to be the next
Ticketmaster" I'm going
>to put them on Solaris with Oracle or Sybase.
But if you are supplying the interface to the DB, what does it
matter what the backend is ? You will supply the forms, etc. for
modifying the DB. right ?
Matt Soffen
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Boss - "My boss says we need some eunuch programmers."
Dilbert - "I think he means UNIX and I already know UNIX."
Boss - "Well, if the company nurse comes by, tell her I said
never mind."
- Dilbert -
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