Re: NT versus AIX

From: jason <jason_at_seahorseNOSPAM.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 12:17:50 +0000
Message-ID: <9u0zOOJQ1p2EpxE+DVZF=ZxKkOtW@4ax.com>

On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:35:22 +0100, "Thomas Bohan" <thomas.bohan_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>My organisation uses ORACLE 7.3.2 on AIX 4.2 as our back-end for our
>software product.
>
>However, the B.O.D. is pushing the development team to investigate porting
>to NT.
>
>Personally, I have a preconception that UNIX is stable and powerful and that
>NT doesn't scale and requires much rebooting.
>
>Is that True?
>
>Tom.
>
>

There are loads of pro's and con's about NT / AIX. (NT's easier to administer / Unix has shell scripting etc etc).

The only one I tend to keep in mind is that Oracle produces ports/patches for Sun Solaris and NT before most other platforms.

Jason. Received on Thu Nov 18 1999 - 06:17:50 CST