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Unreliable Linux Dumped from Crest Electronics
nri writes "The Age writes, Linux misses Windows of opportunity. Crest Electronics chose a Linux operating system, then seven months on, the company chose to abandon it for Windows.
Mr Horton says. ".. the machine would basically, putting it in Windows terms, core dump or blue screen at random. It would run for weeks or so and then just bang, it would stop....I fully support Linux but if I had to make the decision again I'd pick Windows. A big reason is the fact Windows was up and running in two hours at all the right patch levels. The installation of SAP took two days on Windows, the installation on Linux Red Hat took two weeks. The total cost of ownership is actually lower in this case than with Linux because of the hidden costs of the support.""
HA! HA! HA!
"the machine would basically, putting it in Windows terms, core dump or blue screen at random"
whereas you can expect windows to core dump periodically and predictably.
limit coredumpsize 0 Thats how you keep the toilet from clogging
But I'm the CEO of Banyan, you insensitive clod! What about Vines?!?!
Qualified admins are never cheap.
I've never hired a dog that was an MCSE.
I did hire an elephant once. He remembered everything and worked for peanuts. We never had a second problem with a computer if he troubleshot the first one. Amazing what a good stomp will do to a system.
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"touch" the power button to turn it back on after it crashes.
Yes, because we totally believe that you came up with that arguement on your own. "Total cost of ownership" is a natural concept which simply develops in natural language, like swear words based around bodily functions.
It's been a long time.
SAP is one of the biggest software companies in the world. It produces _the_ biggest software plateform. If an extra-terrestrial specie were to investigate Earth for signs of intelligence, we'd have to bury SAP deep down in the planet's core to have a fair chance of registering on their radar. If they decided to build a traffic system to regulate a galactic bypass, they'd have to use SAP. Let's hope we destroy SAP before they find a need for it, I don't want to develop on SAP all my freakin' life.
Sounds like an infinite loop to me...
If Linux doesn't cut it, get Windows. If Windows doesn't cut it, get Linux.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
That's the formula that I use. That's right, I'm a consultant.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
please don't mod this as funny
Looks like somebody noticed that funny mods don't get ya karma anymore;-)
-twb
Bob's phone sales in Milwaukee has decided that Nokia is better than Motorola. And Viadork Systems has decided that Toyotas are better than Mazdas. Seriously, though, since when is this news?
That's if you're lucky, normally they'd throw a chair at you.
Who would choose to use a distribution called "Unreliable Linux"?
I have a BS in ECE Comm so my experience is a lot less than what those working on this system but more than an average computer user and I was able to install YellowDog Linux on a PowerMac 6100 in about 3 hours, in April of this year. It mainly took that long because it was over 10Mb enet (which was faster than the 2x CDROM). Then it only took another hour to get postfix and apache up and running (nothing fancy though). I can't imagine an install on modern hardware taking two weeks by people whose job it is to do it.
Not since Marie-Antoinette played milkmaid has looking simple and honest been so fake and complicated.
/That's if you're lucky, normally they'd throw a chair at you./
Or a lawyer...
I also deal with this shit all the time. Find me a MCSE that understands any real OS and I'll show you a salesman.
Unix? What's that? Microsoft invented the IntarWeb! Ack.. die you stupid fuckers.
that we are going to find out that the baby's daddy is really PeopleSoft?
I mod everyone down who says "I'll get modded down for this." I hate to disappoint.
thats says it all in a nutshell i think. he's a retard.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
And he isn't the least, tiniest bit a paid shill to spread patented MS-FUD!
No, sirree. But you never saw a better recipe for a flame-war on Slashdot. How should we do this one? Doom-style? NeverWinter-style? Quake3Arena-deathmatch?
It's not up to Stallman. Call it whatever you want. Your *BSD box has a lot of GNU stuff on it too ... call it GNU/BSD if you wish.
A potato by any other name would be just as potato-esque but if you insist on calling it a rose you confuse both cooks and florists.
GNU/BSD exists. GNU's opinion on that.
".. the machine would basically, putting it in Windows terms, core dump or blue screen at random."
Heard inside Crest Electronics:
"I told you it was a bad idea to install that BSOD screensaver! Now what will we tell the PHB?"
If it's in you sig, it's in your post.
...it also goes for Peoplesoft and any of the Oracle Applications.
:)
-1 Redundant!
Seriously, though, poster is right on. Anybody not familiar with the business IT world should google ERP + lawsuit. These systems are HUGE sinks of money, and rarely do implementations go straightforwardly. The joke with SAP of course is that their salesmen won't talk to anybody whose job title doesn't start with a "C".
Crest Electronics IT department deemed incompentent, laughing stock of industry.
The difference between Canada and the USA is that in Canada healthcare is a right and gun ownership is a privilege.
So you're saying that Horton here's a Microsoft Ho?
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
we have a winner.
a joke:
The old manager, on his way out of his old office, with his possessions in a box hands Three Envelopes to his successor.
Old Manager says "here, this is all you need to know. When you get in a jam, just open these envelopes in order; #1,#2,#3."
New Manager moves in chugs along for a few months and then runs into a jam with his superiors. They are upset about performance/output whatever.
He thinks, "AHAH! I'll open one of the Envelopes!". He opens #1, in it a paper says "Re-organize".
He says "AHAH!" and proceeds to shuffle staff for 12 months. Make org charts and take synergy meetings.
New Manager chugs along for a few months and then runs into a jam with his superiors. They are upset about performance/output whatever.
He thinks, "AHAH! I'll open one of the Envelopes!". He opens #2, in it a paper says "Re-organize".
He says "AHAH!" and proceeds to shuffle staff for 12 months. Make org charts and take synergy meetings.
New Manager chugs along for a few months and then runs into a jam with his superiors. They are upset about performance/output whatever.
He thinks, "AHAH! I'll open one of the Envelopes!".
He opens #3, in it a paper says "Get three envelopes...".