Re: [ldm-users] Windows and LDM replacement

• To: "Robert Mullenax" <Robert.Mullenax@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: Re: [ldm-users] Windows and LDM replacement
• From: "Ray Weber" <weather@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:21:53 -0400

Ive got to echo Robert here... Windows is a major tradeoff of stability.

It also kind of flies in the face of the open source nature of the entire 
ingest system. Not that windows is real expensive.

I find it hard to believe the objectives couldnt be met with an upgrade
to the current ldm base.

Ray Weber
MA Skywarn
 


-----Original Message-----
From: "Robert Mullenax" <Robert.Mullenax@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:22:37 -0500
Subject: [ldm-users] Windows and LDM replacement


I have never heard of any demand for LDM to run under Windows, I imagine 
since any Unidata Windows users use IDV or possibly a few McIDAS users and 
don't really need LDM since they have ADDE, et. al...

Can Unidata make the case to current users why Windows support is needed?  I 
think for most of us Windows means Java..and that's a scary thing 
considering what we need the LDM to do.

Also, is Unidata REALLY prepared to support an LDM-type application on a 
platform like Windows that (no matter cool it may be in many ways) simply 
can't match the stability of UNIX/Linux for things like this?  I can't 
imagine the myriad of problems.

Just food for thought..

Robert Mullenax

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    • From: Robert Mullenax