Re: [HACKERS] custom types and optimization
От | Vince Vielhaber |
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Тема | Re: [HACKERS] custom types and optimization |
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Msg-id | Pine.OS2.3.96.980531201345.37X-100000@paprika.michvhf.com обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: [HACKERS] custom types and optimization (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>) |
Список | pgsql-general |
On Sun, 31 May 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > On Sun, 31 May 1998, David Gould wrote: > > > > I hate to use myself as an example...but why do I hate Linux? And > > > why wouldn't I recommend anyone to use it? Past Experience. > > > > Ok, why do you hate Linux? I have been using it since 94 and am happier than > > a pig in mud. Maybe I am easy to please (doubtful) or maybe I am missing > > something? I don't want to start an OS war here (there are enough of those > > in other places), so please reply (if you choose to do so) privately. > > No no, this wasn't meant to start a flame war...most of the > oldtimers here know of my hatred for Linux, and I've admitted often that > with Linux today, it is pretty unfounded... > > I used Linux pre-94...pre-v1.0..in a business/production > environment. At that time, I was hard-core Linux advocate...it was the > greatest thing since sliced bread, but, the day I hoooked it onto the > Internet, keeping it alive more then 24hrs was a chore, and it was all in > the TCP/IP networking code...switched to *BSD and have been here ever > since... I'd gone thru similar, but a more recent set of experiences have soured me. I've seen some out-of-the-box linux installations failing from overload where the equivelent in a FreeBSD environment wasn't. When I'd have 200+ users getting their email and a bunch of 'em also getting their web pages hit, nasty things were hitting the fan. As an admin it's a problem that eventual tuning wasn't good enuf. When you have PAYING customers crabbing about the services they're paying for not being up to their expectations, as a provider you have to answer to 'em. We were able to get a couple of linux boxen going to meet the need, but our experiences beyond that were that a FreeBSD box was able to instantly provide a much higher level of service with a much higher level of reliability to it for a lower cost (the cost of setting things up is, of course, figured into the overall cost). Do I wanna see all of the linux boxen removed? No way! Most of the security exploits are written to run on a linux platform. I don't need to waste any time porting an exploit to a FreeBSD machine (no matter how easy it is) just to make sure my machines aren't vulnerable. My personal opinion? Use the proper OS for the job at hand. I can come up with jobs that are best suited to many operating systems. If you want to choose an operating system that's not up to par with what you need to do or what your PAYING customer needs? Then you need to rethink your business strategies. For what I do, OS/2 provides me with the tools I need. For what my wife does, 95 is her choice. For my news machines and web servers, it has to be UN*X and currently that platform is FreeBSD. At work, it's HP-UX. You gotta use the proper tool for the job or you're only screwing yourself. The way you evaluate the tool is noone's responsibility but your own. Make the proper decision and you keep your customers; blow it and someone else gets your customers. Personally I don't like those all nite panic sessions. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include <std/disclaimers.h> TEAM-OS2 Online Searchable Campground Listings http://www.camping-usa.com "I'm just not a fan of promoting stupidity! We have elected officials for that job!" -- Rock ==========================================================================
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