Comments on: Using Open Source in the Enterprise: Two Stories http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/using-linux-in-the-enterprise-two-stories/ UNIX and Linux System Administration Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ddouthitt http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/using-linux-in-the-enterprise-two-stories/#comment-1101 ddouthitt Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:57:10 +0000 http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1101 Well said. Well said.

]]> By: Court http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/using-linux-in-the-enterprise-two-stories/#comment-1099 Court Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:57:30 +0000 http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1099 If I can still use mutt with exchange, they can still use pine. http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Pine-Exchange.html If I can still use mutt with exchange, they can still use pine.

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Pine-Exchange.html

]]> By: Peter http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/using-linux-in-the-enterprise-two-stories/#comment-1097 Peter Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:49:37 +0000 http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1097 I think it won't be long before their shiny new Linux-based trading system performs the same kind of show as Windows did and IT managers will finally come to their sanity and switch to Unix or OpenVMS. I think it won’t be long before their shiny new Linux-based trading system performs the same kind of show as Windows did and IT managers will finally come to their sanity and switch to Unix or OpenVMS.

]]> By: Twirrim http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/using-linux-in-the-enterprise-two-stories/#comment-1096 Twirrim Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:06:22 +0000 http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1096 I may be being dumb here, but isn't infrastructure design as important as OS choice? Linux still dies, it's not infallible (and anyone that claims it is is either an idiot or has no real world large environment experience.) I've been a linux sysadmin from small environments through to large hosting companies for a number of years now, and whilst I love *nix based systems and will choose them as my first choice without hesitation for almost anything, I'm fairly platform agnostic. Let's be honest there is crap software out there on both platforms, some of which is claimed to be "Enterprise" level software. High Availability design should be a key part of any system that is chosen, to the most practicable level possible. Ideally there should be no SPOF, whether it's WIndows or Linux. With the lack of detail about the LSE's failure it's impossible to say it was Windows's fault. I would suspect most probably it was poor software running on top of Windows which could happen on either OS. My first *nix experience came with SCO-UNIX and a piece of software called "Multisoft" that handled stock/sales & accounts stuff for the company. SCO-UNIX was solid as a rock. Multisoft would crash every 3-4 working days. I may be being dumb here, but isn’t infrastructure design as important as OS choice?

Linux still dies, it’s not infallible (and anyone that claims it is is either an idiot or has no real world large environment experience.) I’ve been a linux sysadmin from small environments through to large hosting companies for a number of years now, and whilst I love *nix based systems and will choose them as my first choice without hesitation for almost anything, I’m fairly platform agnostic. Let’s be honest there is crap software out there on both platforms, some of which is claimed to be “Enterprise” level software.

High Availability design should be a key part of any system that is chosen, to the most practicable level possible. Ideally there should be no SPOF, whether it’s WIndows or Linux.

With the lack of detail about the LSE’s failure it’s impossible to say it was Windows’s fault. I would suspect most probably it was poor software running on top of Windows which could happen on either OS.
My first *nix experience came with SCO-UNIX and a piece of software called “Multisoft” that handled stock/sales & accounts stuff for the company. SCO-UNIX was solid as a rock. Multisoft would crash every 3-4 working days.

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