Re: For Roland Moore

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>GE can't kill Unix and it will always have a place in any industry on the
>server side.
I didn't mean GE killed UNIX as an OS just that GE isn't making anymore
access applications that use UNIX anymore once the Casi line is dead. I
think it is all going to the Facility Commander Win FX or whatever GE is
going to call it.

"Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > Why is that? Unix is universally known for stability
>> UNIX is touted for its stability that is true. However it has its own set
> of
>> other issues to deal with. Starting with a command line interface style
>> instead of a GUI. The UNIX command library differs from Windows commands
>> with ones like grep, kill etc. It is not a user platform, but ususally
> only
>> a server platform and has to connect to regular Windows desktop machines
> to
>> get things done most of the time. So instead of having dissimilar
> operating
>> systems to get together, I like to keep things Windows end to end.
>> Drivers
>> are another issue. Many hardware vendors don't create drivers or only
>> have
>> limited or almost BETA drivers for UNIX machines. In the end when I show
> up
>> I am trying to get an access system to work. Many times that means
>> fooling
>> around with a UNIX structure and a database engine like Informix. If
> you're
>> are unlucky enough to have to reinstall the OS because of a harware
> failure,
>> or bad back up that is an event that takes much longer to do than
>> Windows.
>> Doing it at some odd hour, under the gun to get the system back on line
> and
>> with no access to tech support, that can certainly flavor your opinion of
>> the product over time. Thankfully the last Card Key UNIX box was the
> Pegasus
>> 1000 I believe. I think GE may have killed UNIX for good with Casi, and
> CEM
>> is the only one I know that still promotes a UNIX based platform. I don't
>> see a big future for UNIX in the alarm industry or anywhere else thank
>> goodness.
>
> I agree it isn't for most users however for large critical applications
> it's
> pretty much mandatory. GE can't kill Unix and it will always have a place
> in
> any industry on the server side. Windows just doesn't have the reliability
> yet
>
> I agree with you tho I like Windows better
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