Don't be silly. We currently run our production data distrib apps on NT servers, with the record so far being 2 years. Unfortunately we needed to upgrade the OS:(
Hmmm.... personally I see the OS as the kernel, along with the really core services. Essentially most OS's provide a C level API, accessable either through a command line shell, or some sort of GUI. I do not consider these to be really part of the OS. After all, I use the Korn shell on NT, with all my favourite '*nix' tools. *But*, they are not *nix tools are they? They are simple file manipulation tools, which could be ported to any platform. To say otherwise is to suggest MacOS and Windows are Xerox systems:)
The tools are *not* the OS.
Let's not forget NT what developed in C, by the VMS guys, and is POSIX compliant (or so MS claims):)
Ironically my situation is the exact opposite. Our team develops for NT and Solaris, while personally I use vi on Solaris, most of the other developers use MSVC and then ftp the files across! Easier debugging, better IDE (than the Sun Workshop - which I don't use either) are the reasons they cite. The source control argument is spurious, most source control apps are available on NT, certainly the one we use (Clearcase) has more features on NT than Solaris - but is fully cross-platform.
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Don't be silly. We currently run our production data distrib apps on NT servers, with the record so far being 2 years. Unfortunately we needed to upgrade the OS :(
Hmmm.... personally I see the OS as the kernel, along with the really core services. :)
:)
Essentially most OS's provide a C level API, accessable either through a command line shell, or some sort of GUI. I do not consider these to be really part of the OS.
After all, I use the Korn shell on NT, with all my favourite '*nix' tools. *But*, they are not *nix tools are they? They are simple file manipulation tools, which could be ported to any platform. To say otherwise is to suggest MacOS and Windows are Xerox systems
The tools are *not* the OS.
Let's not forget NT what developed in C, by the VMS guys, and is POSIX compliant (or so MS claims)
most software is developed by programmers :)
Ironically my situation is the exact opposite. Our team develops for NT and Solaris, while personally I use vi on Solaris, most of the other developers use MSVC and then ftp the files across! Easier debugging, better IDE (than the Sun Workshop - which I don't use either) are the reasons they cite. The source control argument is spurious, most source control apps are available on NT, certainly the one we use (Clearcase) has more features on NT than Solaris - but is fully cross-platform.