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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4933 comp.os.linux.misc:33633 comp.os.os2.advocacy:74866 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!psgrain!library.ucla.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!jjs From: jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 19 Jan 1995 20:31:08 GMT Organization: University of Calfornia at Riverside Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3fmi6c$ang@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <950116203411@lambada> <3fjcn4$24u@nkosi.well.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dostoevsky.ucr.edu In article <3fjcn4$24u@nkosi.well.com>, Henry Hwong <henryh@well.sf.ca.us> wrote: >Nobody in their right mind is going to use Linux as a >production database server. I don't understand what you are trying to say here; can you explain what you mean? Linux is currently being used in real-world mission-critical applications. Perhaps those using it should hear your warning, if you would care to explain it - I have been looking for ways to move more and more services from Sun machines to linux machines, emboldened and encouraged by the spectacular successes and rock-solid reliability I've seen so far... But after your statement, well, I just don't know - help me out here.. ;-) -- Email to: | Running Linux! (Slackware) jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu | because a 486 is a terrible jjs@ucrengr.ucr.edu | thing to waste...