22 May
2009
22 May
'09
9:16 p.m.
On May 22, 2009, at 5:05 PM, Ian King wrote:
Perhaps. But the stability of Linux has nothing to do with the
stability of, say, Solaris.
I'm
sorry, did you mistakenly assume that someone was talking
about Microsoft vs. *Linux* in particular? I certainly wasn't.
It's useful to use Linux and its derivatives (Red Hat, Debian,
etc.) as a focus point for the conversation, because (a) there is a
reasonable amount of information regarding its characteristics and
(b) IME it's usually the Linux folks who tout their superiority the
loudest. I like Linux well enough, but - well, it really does feel
more like religion than technology some days. Maybe that's why I mostly use OpenBSD. :-)
Indeed, the BSDs are quite nice. My personal preference is Solaris:
coconet02$ uptime
5:10pm up 814 day(s), 17:17, 1 user, load average: 1.61, 1.41,
1.92
coconet02$
That machine services about 60 SQL queries per second, 24x7. Its
uptime is only 814 days because we rewired the power systems in the
datacenter and had about a day of downtime. Without that, it'd be
well in excess of five years. :) Never cracked (and it's a target,
and isn't firewalled), and never crashed.
We have a TC08 for this one (actually, two units, but
I'm short a
725 power supply). Rebuilding its 721 power supply was
'interesting'. DEC was quite 'clever' in the way it assembled it,
which meant it was a headache to dismantle and reassemble,
especially since I'm shooting for historical authenticity.
I feel your pain. I got a PDP-11/50 recently, and I had to repair
the little board that mounts atop the transformer in one of the power
supplies. That was not fun to get to.
I have a TU56 and TD8E in my personal collection, but
my TU56
doesn't have the G888 encoders. :-( I keep looking... and may
just have to make my own one of these days. -
G888...I'm trying to remember what they look like. I know I have
some TU56 spares; I *might* have some of those. How many does it
need, do you recall? If I have them I'll send them to you.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL