I'm not into bashing any specific OS for it's bugs or shortcomings - but who the hell implemented a mission critical computer without (1) A backup server (2) Non-cascading program threads (3) Using an OS that crashes? When I was in the Navy, the guy who specified NT would have been taken out to the flight deck and shot for treason. We used UNIX, with a backup mainframe. It was NEVER down - it would hang on occasion, bottlenecks up the wazoo, but never crashed. What's this world come to? Truly a sad state of affairs.
I've been crunching on a box for 15 years and this still confounds me. Micro$oft obviously has been selected by a number of companies because they can actually share information with other companies. Too bad IBM didn't partner with Xerox, or we MIGHT have a good, multi-threaded OS with a quality GUI, AND have the software to run on it. Instead, we have one OS that virtually all software runs on, and a multitude of fragmented platforms with truly good OS running on them.
If you want to create a revolution in the industry, quit bickering about who has the best OS and start leveraging your voice to make change happen. Linux is great, but what software suite runs on it? How about RedHat...still few offerings. My favorite GUI OS, BeOS, still has a scant offering of software. Unfortunetly, I have to run a triple-boot machine to be happy AND be functional with the rest of the world.
Now, who out there is going to take the concepts of Linux and UNIX, in a stable, multi-threaded environment, couple them with the ease of a GUI like RedHat, MacOS and RedHat, add the elegance of BeOS and DesqView, and put their money where their mouth is and MARKET the damn thing? If you do, we'll all be forking out the dollars until Sculley or Jobs find you and shoot you. Hell, I'll even bring a fresh pot of daisies to your funeral.
Just a little venting, IMHO...
Software, the easiest way to be forced to do it their way.
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I'm not into bashing any specific OS for it's bugs or shortcomings - but who the hell implemented a mission critical computer without (1) A backup server (2) Non-cascading program threads (3) Using an OS that crashes? When I was in the Navy, the guy who specified NT would have been taken out to the flight deck and shot for treason. We used UNIX, with a backup mainframe. It was NEVER down - it would hang on occasion, bottlenecks up the wazoo, but never crashed. What's this world come to? Truly a sad state of affairs.
I've been crunching on a box for 15 years and this still confounds me. Micro$oft obviously has been selected by a number of companies because they can actually share information with other companies. Too bad IBM didn't partner with Xerox, or we MIGHT have a good, multi-threaded OS with a quality GUI, AND have the software to run on it. Instead, we have one OS that virtually all software runs on, and a multitude of fragmented platforms with truly good OS running on them.
If you want to create a revolution in the industry, quit bickering about who has the best OS and start leveraging your voice to make change happen. Linux is great, but what software suite runs on it? How about RedHat...still few offerings. My favorite GUI OS, BeOS, still has a scant offering of software. Unfortunetly, I have to run a triple-boot machine to be happy AND be functional with the rest of the world.
Now, who out there is going to take the concepts of Linux and UNIX, in a stable, multi-threaded environment, couple them with the ease of a GUI like RedHat, MacOS and RedHat, add the elegance of BeOS and DesqView, and put their money where their mouth is and MARKET the damn thing? If you do, we'll all be forking out the dollars until Sculley or Jobs find you and shoot you. Hell, I'll even bring a fresh pot of daisies to your funeral.
Just a little venting, IMHO...
Software, the easiest way to be forced to do it their way.