[1766] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Linux Scores in Biz
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (billmoss@sprynet.com)
Wed Oct 30 03:22:50 1996
From: billmoss@sprynet.com
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:39:01 -0800
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We are using Linux (RH, Caldera and other versions) at work (a major financial
company that I'd rather not mention since we don't use officialy use Linux for
or web pages). Our work stations (HP and Sun) are still a lot faster with more
facilities then our PC's (which cost more like $6000, not $3000). Then 166 mHz
and 200 mHz Pentiums still lack when compared to SPARC and PA-RISC. In addition,
the lack of sufficient IRQ's and ports drives us crazy. However, the Linux is
MORE stable and easier to use then HPUX 10.x and is about equivalent to Solaris.
We are very happy with RH and are considering its use on older SPARC 2's and
10's.
Bill Moss
On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, "Cooper F. Nelson" <coop@research.att.com> wrote:
> Here in AT&T land linux has attracted a fairly large following. Since
it
>is getting harder to justify a $10,000 workstation over a $3,000 PC (which
>is often faster) most people end up with a Wintel machine on their desks
>and are less than happy with the Win part of it.
> I have found linux to be the most stable production OS in major use here
>(beating NT, win95, and Irix). Linux could use a better NFS implementation
>and SMP support, those are the only issues keeping me from installing a
>large linux-based server. Oh, and the lack of a SCSI driver for the Mylex
>DAC960P RAID controller.
>
> Coop
>
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>> From: Daniel W. Forsyth <forsyth@wchat.on.ca>
>> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
>> Subject: Linux Scores in Biz
>> Date: Tuesday, October 29, 1996 10:05 AM
>>
>> I just wanted to announce with the chance of sounding cocky, (although
>> that is not my intention) that our company, Dataforge, based in Ontario,
>> Canada has just sold one large business, and two smaller ones on
>> compleate and total LiNUX networks.
>>snip<
>> Anyhow, any comments or questions would be appriciated, I would also
>> like to thank the many people on this list that has helped us towards a
>> more stable and reliable system for our clients. Just wanted to annonce
>> this as a small victory, but none the less victory for LiNUX.
>> Thank-you.
>>
>> Daniel W. Forsyth
>> Vice President, Dataforge.
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