Date:         Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:34:47 -0800
Reply-To:     Ron Lussier <coyote@ANDROMEDIA.COM>
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From:         Ron Lussier <coyote@ANDROMEDIA.COM>
Subject:      Re: LINUX will double gerry's speed
Comments: To: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <3.0.5.32.19990216092120.00f38100@po-2.openmarket.com>
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Though I have a very high opinion of Michael, I have to partially disagree
with him on this issue.

In my opinion, we should use the operating system with which David Marshall
is most familiar.  While I agree that NT is fairly unstable, we've (mostly)
solved the problem on vanagon.com by having a scheduled job reboot the
machine at 3am every two days.  (Microsoft admits that NT needs this, and I
for one hope they get broken up.  End of editorial.)

If David Marshall is most comfortable with NT, then we should use NT.  If
he's comfortable with Linux, then we should use that.  One thing that we
*should* keep in mind is that we own ListServ for NT, and ListServ *is* more
robust than MajorDomo.

Coyote
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Michael Sullivan
    Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 6:21 AM
    To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
    Subject: Re: LINUX will double gerry's speed


    Dear Bill,

    Obviously, NT is not all that stable -- we've had crashes recently. And
our poor performance is indicative of how wasteful this OS truly is. I might
also remind you that using NT for a mail server is like trying to kill a fly
with a howitzer -- it will do but it is literally "overkill". The fewer
functions a computer is running the more reliable it will be.

    For what it is worth, I work for a software company and use NT Server
all day on my laptop -- it is a great thing, but stable and robust it is not
(at least not yet). ALL the engineers (and there are over 300) in my company
will support me on this!

    I vote for LINUX because we can get a kick-ass server out of our current
hardware with nothing more than a software change. The key thing will be
maintaining/changing/modifying/integrating the archives. Since it seems as
if we have some avid volunteers out there willing to do it, I say: LET'S DO
IT!!!

    Cheers,
    MJS


    At 06:37 PM 2/15/99 -0700, Bill wrote:
    >NT is the most popular server OS for good reason. Memory is dirt cheap,
so
    >that's no issue at all. NT, when set up properly, by somebody who knows
    >how, is a very stable platform.
    >
    >Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
    >----------------------------------------------------------
    >You can't do everything, but you can do something.
    >You can't help everyone, but you can help someone.
    >Even one candle helps to push back the darkness.
    >

    Michael J. Sullivan
    Director of Catalog Design
    Open Market, Inc.

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