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Windows Incompatibilities Frustrate D.C. Schools
capouch writes "The Washington Post reports that school administrators for the DC public school system are having an awful time getting their new administrative software to work properly." From the article: "'In my experience, the combination of an Oracle database, Windows operating system, Unix hardware and an Apache webserver is a bad combination,' Barlow wrote in the memo to Thomas M. Brady, the school system's chief business operations officer. 'In fact, through our research the last few days, we have found an advisory on the Apache website that states, 'Please note that at this time, Windows support is entirely experimental and is recommended only for experienced users.' The Apache Group does not guarantee that the software will work as documented or even at all...Barlow said officials plan to replace Windows with a different operating system."
I for one say good riddance.
Switch to Linux
Meh.
Obviously, they should be using Linux hardware.
liqbase
optical mice are considered "eunuchs hardware" because they lack balls.
Oh wait, the spelling, nevermind!
UNIX hardware, Windows OS, Apache, and Oracle a bad combination?
No doubt they are trying to run Windows Server 2003 on a Sunfire cluster with Oracle and Apache running on it.
No wonder they are running into trouble....
LedgerSMB: Open source Accounting/ERP
I can tell you that the computer system is the least of their problems.
Windows is ALWAYS the problem.
... IKEA stocks took a sharp rise today, bouyed by increased profit expectations.
"We've seen a huge surge in sales of our CEO model chairs in the Redmond area.", claimed Sven Bjorg. "It's almost like they have a wild animal in the area destroying them.", he quipped.
Wrapping up the news today, Redmond police are on the lookout for an apparent wild monkey in the vacinity of the Microsoft campus. "We are urging residents to stay indoors.", said Police Chief Bob Bobson. "We've had daily reports of an overweight monkey in a frenzy of crazed dancing, obsceneties, and violent behaviour. Please stay home and keep watching our updates on the internet. Our technical team tells us the safest choice of operating system is 'anything but Microsoft'."
(cue background noise of a monkey screaming)
Absolutely. Who else's fault could it possibly be? Are you implying we should blame the people who wrote the incompatible software? Microsoft should have built Windows to support Apache!
I can't even find the warning anymore in the documentation for Apache 1.3, though Google came up with a cached copy of the warning in the docs for an earlier 1.3 build. It makes me wonder what obsolete version of Apache they have installed, and whether their other platform software is obsolete as well.
Hey, I'm still pissed off about the fact that we had those stupid scissors that couldn't cut anything in grade school. I mean, they were about as sharp as a basketball.
Plus, for some insane reason, most of them were left-handed.
Heterogeneous = "Consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; not homogeneous." (dictionary.com)
Heterogenius = Me.
8-)
if i'm a grammar nazi, you're an illiteracy nazi.
Maybe they should have posted an 'Ask Slashdot...' before they did anything.
Dear Slashdot,
We are thinging about using an Oracle database, Windows operating system, Unix hardware and an Apache webserver for our new administrative package.
What are your recommendations, based on your professional backgrounds and experience?
Glonoinha the MebiByte Slayer