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> the last thing that I want to do is have to support
> databases running on Mac OS X. Best defense - good
Well, everyone has their own nightmares. For me, nothing worst than
Oracle in a Windows (any kind). It was always a nightmare. And yes, I
had to support Oracle 5.1 in a PC with Windows.
Mac OS X is closer to NeXTStep (remember those black boxes?) than to
the old Mac and it's basically a Mach/BSD distribution (you can have a
version for x86 at www.opendarwin.org) with a GUI. The GUI can be
ignored (there is a terminal, thanks God) for most purposes, so, it's
just another *nix.
Cost-wise, for developers registered in the US, a dual G5 (1.8Ghz)
starts at $2k; not competitive with walmartpcs, but competitive with
Dell/HPs Xeons and AMDs.
I heard a presentation by the "creator" of the "BigMac", the Mac
cluster at Virginia Tech and they went to Macs because they were much
cheaper than Dells for the same performance. Kind of having the world
upside down ... :-) And they paid full price (actually they tried to
buy it online, at the Apple store, and the system had an overflow when
he tried for 1100 computers; then he had to persuade the phone operator
that he wasn't joking).
Fernando
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