[Info-vax] Unix on A DEC Vax?

[Paul Sture]

In article <am502nF4ri3U1 at mid.individual.net>,
 billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:

> In article <50fb3662$0$6358$e4fe514c at dreader35.news.xs4all.nl>,
> 	MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes:
>
> > There's some very serious and competent
> > software for Linux, but it's the exact opposite of 'free' and 'open
> > source', of which many people have never heard and is out of reach
> > (too expensive and specialized, in setup).
> 
> Your right.  Oracle runs on Linux.  As a matter of fact, 11g runs on
> Linux (and what is still available on VMS?)  Now, let's look at what
> that could mean to a business.  My last two jobs (shortterm, with DOD
> entities) both ran Oracle.  One ran it on AIX and one ran it on HPUX.
> Hmmm..  How much do they pay for AIX or HPUX?  They could accomplish
> the same thing while only paying for the Oracle Database (and I am
> not saying there is no replaccement for that, only that running the
> database on Linux is cheaper than running the same DB on AIX or HPUX
> and the change would have minimal affect on the user base, if any at
> all.  And that doesn't even touch the difference in hardware costs or
> do you think that Power or PA-Risc are somehow cheaper than your
> average server class Intel box.

"Barclays To Save 'Billions' With Own Cloud And Open Source

Barclays bank has managed to cut its IT expenses by 90 percent after 
moving infrastructure into a purpose-built cloud, claims The Sunday 
Times.

Another measure that helped the bank cut costs was the adoption of Linux 
OS.

According to the newspaper, COO for retail and business banking Shaygan 
Kheradpir is rolling out the new system, which shuns traditional vendors 
in favour of open source solutions, across various departments of the 
bank, and he expects to save Barclays billions."

Full article at

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/barclays-cloud-open-source-103349

> Well, I can't understand what the purpose of a virtualized desktop
> would be and, again, that wouldn't affect 90% of the PC world who
> are not virtualizing anything.  Virtualization is great for the
> backroom where it belongs.

Virtualisation on the desktop/laptop is great for developers or anyone 
who wishes to learn how to configure systems.  VMware Workstation for 
example allows you to set up complex networks either for training 
purposes or to see if a solution will actually work before trying to 
implement it on expensive kit.


> >                                                    web designers
> 
> Why would a web designer need higher level graphics than his audience?
> Oh, wait, that probablty explains why so many web pages look like crap
> or are often unviewable on the average PC.  :-)

I have moaned about this many a time myself.  Not just web pages but 
more traditional apps can and do suffer when run on cheaper or smaller 
kit than the developer has.

-- 
Paul Sture