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It would be easy to fall into the trap of the recent flame bait on the "debate over Linux and Solaris" issue, especially given that a NOAAPort competitor of ours espouses that Linux is slower than Solaris, unreliable, buggy - then points out the company I work for has a Linux based NOAAPort receive system. Planetary Data is a *nix shop. We not only build and support Linux systems, but we also are certified by the respective vendors for HP-UX, SUN Solaris, and SGI IRIX, to provide system support. In fact, my resume has more SUN Solaris certification entries than any other *nix combined - and includes the high-end SUN High Availability Cluster software and Veritas file system managment. I just finished a job with one of the largest aeronautics contractors in the US - supporting a range of SUN/Intel hardware with SUN operating systems from the lowliest, antique SUN LX (even an ELC or two, for those that remember the monitor/computer in one from SUN) to the high-end Sparc servers; running everything from Sun OS 4.4.1 to Solaris 7 and specialty software like the before mentioned HA Cluster software. The point being - we know and support Solaris. I could counter Dan Vietor email on this issue point for point, with references, and create an entertaining read for those that like to see two commercial entities flame it out on a mail list sponsored on an *.edu. Unfortunately, Dan lumps all Linux distributions together, when the fact remains that Linux distributions differ as much as Sun OS/Solaris and, say, AIX or the now dead Ultrix. The bottom line - we went with a Linux distribution for our NOAAPort products because a stable Linux distribution is more reliable, configurable, and easier to maintain than Solaris - and faster. If you need proof - just ask our customers. -- Stonie R. Cooper, Science Officer Planetary Data, Incorporated 3495 Liberty Road Villa Rica, Georgia 30180 ph. (770) 456-0700; pg. (888) 974-5017; fx. (770) 459-0016
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