Re: HA system networks

[Jerome O'Donohoe <jerome@xxxxxxx>]

On 24/4/02 8:30 pm, "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I used to program OS/9 I'll have you know ... Redland have (had?) a
wind
> tunnel that is controlled by some of my code, BP have undersea storage
tanks
> that are monitored by my code, Electrolux fridges and freezers are put
through
> a gruelling test suite by my code and you are even prevented from
suffocating
> in noxious fumes when you go through Dartford tunnel by my code!

<in anticipation of OS war, but can't help it>...and would you trust
Windows
with these applications? Bearing in mind I wouldn't necessarily punt Mac
OS
X for such mission-critical apps, but then, Apple doesn't push it for
such,
whereas a scary amount of important systems use Win xx as they haven't
the
choice, for a variety of accountants reasons. Even business-critical
servers
use apache if they have the sense (including many of MS' own servers).
Seems to me that many people here are trusting their home security to
MS
systems, and if I was that serious about it, I'd choose Linux, due to
it's
legendary reliability and (not yet for OS X) proven track record.

Jerome


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Jerome O'Donohoe, Re-recording Mixer, London.




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