From: Mike '/m' 

>Very stable, very scalable, very easy
>to admin, and easy to program.

You sound like that guy I used to carpool with.  ;-)

 /m


On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:12:44 -0500, "Robert Comer"
 wrote:

>> I agree about the AS/400's for servers.  I used to car pool with a guy who
>> used to rave about the System 38's (I think that's the right number).
>
>Yep, the System 38 was the direct ancestor of the AS/400.  It's called an i5
>now, but it's still the same thing.  Very stable, very scalable, very easy
>to admin, and easy to program.
>
>- Bob Comer
>
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:ij34219jromsvlbdfd63ro0igkq7hdcovk{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> OK, SUSE is the Linux I've been playing with as my desktop OS as well.
>>
>> I agree about the AS/400's for servers.  I used to car pool with a guy who
>> used to rave about the System 38's (I think that's the right number).
>>
>>  /m
>>
>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:32:03 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> For servers, I prefer FreeBSD over Linux.  :-)
>>>
>>>For real servers I prefer AS/400's, but they're to expensive
for home. 
>>>
>>>I'm not going to use SUSE on my server as a server OS, I'm
going to use it
>>>as a desktop...
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>In some things it is for me, but not everything.
>>>
>>>- Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>>>news:fep321tqgr8j0m1ridigbo866e0o0pj3ro{at}4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>> For servers, I prefer FreeBSD over Linux.  :-)
>>>>
>>>> For perimeter protection, I prefer OpenBSD.
>>>>
>>>>  /m
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:37:27 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Unfortunately I have to deal with it at work to stay
compliant with
>>>>>division
>>>>>policy, but for home I already moved to OpenOffice 6
months ago. (it's
>>>>>cheaper...)
>>>>>
>>>>>I still use WinXP at home on a couple PC's, and they'll
stay for now as
>>>>>well
>>>>>as on my work PC and laptop. I still like Windows
better than any other
>>>>>desktop OS, and WinXP is the one that works the best
for me right now.
>>>>>(and
>>>>>it's a good host for running my VPC and VMWare, and
development stuff.)
>>>>>
>>>>>I just wiped one of my home servers (Win2003) about 5
hours ago in
>>>>>preparation for loading SUSE Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>>- Bob Comer
>>>>>
>>>>>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>>>>>news:s19221hiopngjnmvo843b3p9rfmfcmj6p7{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>>> > That's just plain unacceptable to me.  :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also.  One of the several reasons why I refuse
to "upgrade" to any
>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>> product that possesses the Product DeActivation feature.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  /m
>>>>>>
>>>> [trim]
>>>
>>
>

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