[Win32-dev] Re: [JDEV] Servers

[Robert Thompson]

Scott,

Your suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I think I'll do both! :)  Do you have a response for which Red Hat Linux I
need to purchase (standard, deluxe or pro -- again the purchase page is at
https://www.redhat.com/commerce/redhatlinux.html)?

I saved the post earlier this week with the simple instructions for
installer jab. server on linux -- plus I have an assistant who has installed
it on many Pentium Systems.

Please let me know what RHAT version I need to purchase -- I think I'll have
fun learning it anyway and I remember a lot of my Unix c-shell commands and
even a lot of my RPC and X11 and even Mach programming projects.  My goal is
to stick it to get off NT in the long run anyway since I'm using a lot of
multi-platform software...I'll always do Windows Client apps. though until
it dies anyway, if ever.

- Robert



----- Original Message -----
From: C. Scott Ananian <cananian at lesser-magoo.lcs.mit.edu>
To: <jdev at jabber.org>
Cc: <win32-dev at jabber.org>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 12:15 AM
Subject: [Win32-dev] Re: [JDEV] Servers


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> On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Robert Thompson wrote:
>
> > I wanted to clarify in the message I just posted that I was asking if
Jabber
> > Server would run significantly faster on Red Hat Linux than on Windows
NT
> > (i.e. not comparing unix to unix).
>
> Let me try to head off a potential mailing list flame war right here and
> suggest that, as you know NT very well and Unix not-at-all, you're
> probably better off using the win32 port.  I don't think you need to worry
> about performance until we've got thousands of jabber users scattered
> around, and you can always switch server OSes later without bothering your
> clients at all. The big advantage with any Unix will be uptime and
> reliability (it seems many of the core developers use unix-like OSes, so
> it would be assumed that bugs affecting those system would be caught
> first; and unix systems typically go for months-to-years between system
> crashes).
>
> Stick with what you know for the time being; on the other hand if you've
> been itching to give linux a shot anyway by all means go for it.
>  --s
> [disclaimer: I own RHAT stock; my name is in the linux CREDITS file. so
> it's fair to say I'm biased. but i think i've been fair. please follow-up
> in personal mail and give me a chance to summarize the replies and post
> them in a single-message batch so we don't end up with a four-month-long
> unix-versus-windows thread.]
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