I think you're underestimating the amount of manpower/time it would take to migrate some legacy applications. Think more along the lines of 2+ years, and several dozen programmers. Now multiply that by half a dozen or so legacy applications.
Suddenly virtualization isn't that bad of an option.
In all fairness, try finding -anything- specific at ibm.com. I've wasted entire days trying to find a download link for specific versions of websphere.
It takes 5 minutes to boot in the morning because you consider being able to open a browser and see your Facebook page the end of booting, past network logins, antivirus updates, the corporate IM tool, and everything else.
Call me crazy, but I'd call the time from powering on the machine to arriving at a usable UI a pretty good definition of booting.
I'll grant you that OS X is UNIX-certified, but OS X is _not_ SVR4 UNIX.
That might be because OS X is from the BSD side of the family tree, not the System V side. It's not _supposed_ to be SVR4, or even like it.
Both SysV and BSD are descendants of Unix, just with different heritage.
Raid 5 isn't necessarily any more reliable than using a single drive for backup. If drives are from the same batch (as they are likely to be if you purchase a couple at a time), it is extremely likely that they will fail at around the same time.
Recently, I've had that happen. 2 drives dying within a 5 hour period will quite happily wipe out your entire "secure" raid array.
Except for the fact that memory and hard drives are both user serviceable parts according to Apple, and hence will not void your warranty. Nice try though.
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I think you're underestimating the amount of manpower/time it would take to migrate some legacy applications. Think more along the lines of 2+ years, and several dozen programmers. Now multiply that by half a dozen or so legacy applications. Suddenly virtualization isn't that bad of an option.
In all fairness, try finding -anything- specific at ibm.com. I've wasted entire days trying to find a download link for specific versions of websphere.
I think GP was referring to this: http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/
Due to rampant ageism, and cruddy work-life balance issues, your career as a programmer is statistically over by the time you are maybe 35.
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It takes 5 minutes to boot in the morning because you consider being able to open a browser and see your Facebook page the end of booting, past network logins, antivirus updates, the corporate IM tool, and everything else.
Call me crazy, but I'd call the time from powering on the machine to arriving at a usable UI a pretty good definition of booting.
I'll grant you that OS X is UNIX-certified, but OS X is _not_ SVR4 UNIX.
That might be because OS X is from the BSD side of the family tree, not the System V side. It's not _supposed_ to be SVR4, or even like it. Both SysV and BSD are descendants of Unix, just with different heritage.
Raid 5 isn't necessarily any more reliable than using a single drive for backup. If drives are from the same batch (as they are likely to be if you purchase a couple at a time), it is extremely likely that they will fail at around the same time. Recently, I've had that happen. 2 drives dying within a 5 hour period will quite happily wipe out your entire "secure" raid array.
Except for the fact that memory and hard drives are both user serviceable parts according to Apple, and hence will not void your warranty. Nice try though.