Ford is switching to Linux!!!
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
The Register is reporting that Ford is going to switch to Linux. The only thing left is to decide which distribution it's going to go with, SuSE or Red Hat. See article here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32837.html
As a "computer guy" who takes care of both Microsoft and Linux servers, I can say that our Linux servers just sit there and run and do their work, no problems. I'm very happy with my Linux boxes.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32837.html
As a "computer guy" who takes care of both Microsoft and Linux servers, I can say that our Linux servers just sit there and run and do their work, no problems. I'm very happy with my Linux boxes.
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
Uh oh, I can see what's gonna happen here. There is gonna be a huge argument over which operating system is better. Windows or Linux. Let's just say that Windows works best for some, and Linux works better for others. Neither is the superior opereating system. And let's leave it at that.
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
Anyone who knows them from a low-level knows Linux is technically superior and more robust. The masses want pretty and easy. Our office computers are Windows (easy for the staff) but we trust our servers only to Linux.
Having said that, BSD derived Unixes such as Free BSD are even more robust than Linux but have had trouble reaching enough critical mass for FTE to consider their use. Its not uncommon for Free BSD servers to go years without a reboot. If you look at many of the real-time high availablility charts on the Internet you'll find BSD and Linux, but not Windows.
Having said that, BSD derived Unixes such as Free BSD are even more robust than Linux but have had trouble reaching enough critical mass for FTE to consider their use. Its not uncommon for Free BSD servers to go years without a reboot. If you look at many of the real-time high availablility charts on the Internet you'll find BSD and Linux, but not Windows.
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
Originally posted by webmaster
Anyone who knows them from a low-level knows Linux is technically superior and more robust. The masses want pretty and easy. Our office computers are Windows (easy for the staff) but we trust our servers only to Linux.
Having said that, BSD derived Unixes such as Free BSD are even more robust than Linux but have had trouble reaching enough critical mass for FTE to consider their use. Its not uncommon for Free BSD servers to go years without a reboot. If you look at many of the real-time high availablility charts on the Internet you'll find BSD and Linux, but not Windows.
Anyone who knows them from a low-level knows Linux is technically superior and more robust. The masses want pretty and easy. Our office computers are Windows (easy for the staff) but we trust our servers only to Linux.
Having said that, BSD derived Unixes such as Free BSD are even more robust than Linux but have had trouble reaching enough critical mass for FTE to consider their use. Its not uncommon for Free BSD servers to go years without a reboot. If you look at many of the real-time high availablility charts on the Internet you'll find BSD and Linux, but not Windows.
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
There are versions of Unix derrived OSs that will run from only a floppy disk! Windows code is sloppy, and is the equivilent of a smog-era vehicle. Lots of vacuume lines and sensors that you dont really need. Unix/Linux/BSD are much cleaner, but the GUI's arent as user friendly as windows.
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
Originally posted by MuchToMyDelight
There are versions of Unix derrived OSs that will run from only a floppy disk! Windows code is sloppy, and is the equivilent of a smog-era vehicle. Lots of vacuume lines and sensors that you dont really need. Unix/Linux/BSD are much cleaner, but the GUI's arent as user friendly as windows.
There are versions of Unix derrived OSs that will run from only a floppy disk! Windows code is sloppy, and is the equivilent of a smog-era vehicle. Lots of vacuume lines and sensors that you dont really need. Unix/Linux/BSD are much cleaner, but the GUI's arent as user friendly as windows.
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
Viva CPM. Long live CPM! Before Linux twinkled in Linus's eye, there was CPM...
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
Originally posted by jor
Viva CPM. Long live CPM! Before Linux twinkled in Linus's eye, there was CPM...
jor
Viva CPM. Long live CPM! Before Linux twinkled in Linus's eye, there was CPM...
jor
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
From the other 99% of the world's population:
WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT?!?!
You make me feel like I'm from the planet Krypton or something....
WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT?!?!
You make me feel like I'm from the planet Krypton or something....
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
CP/M - Control Program for Microcomputers. First universal PC operating system. It ran on Intel 8080, Intel 8085 and Zilog Z-80 computers. It allowed incompatible computers from different manufacturers to run the same software. CP/M was around in the 70s and still hangs around in microcontroller environments (for instance, traffic lights).
MS-DOS Version 1 - a 16-bit clone of CP/M. No sub-directories and nearly identical programming interface. Digital Research tried to fend off Microsoft with CP/M-86 but didn't have IBM backing them up.
Digital Research went on to produce DR-DOS, and then merged with Corel.
MS-DOS Version 1 - a 16-bit clone of CP/M. No sub-directories and nearly identical programming interface. Digital Research tried to fend off Microsoft with CP/M-86 but didn't have IBM backing them up.
Digital Research went on to produce DR-DOS, and then merged with Corel.
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
Originally posted by webmaster
CP/M was around in the 70s and still hangs around in microcontroller environments (for instance, traffic lights).
CP/M was around in the 70s and still hangs around in microcontroller environments (for instance, traffic lights).
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Ford is switching to Linux!!!
Linux is good for servers, bad for users. I run a mixture of linux/Windows 2000 servers at work, and the desktop systems are all Windows XP.
Ken is right, Linux is better from the ground up technically... although Microsoft is getting better about security. For example, in 2003 server you have to turn on services if you are going to use them, instead of everything being turned on by default. I'm not saying they do everything right, but they are getting better when it comes to security and stability.
Ken is right, Linux is better from the ground up technically... although Microsoft is getting better about security. For example, in 2003 server you have to turn on services if you are going to use them, instead of everything being turned on by default. I'm not saying they do everything right, but they are getting better when it comes to security and stability.
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