Stephen E. Fritz on Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:38:13 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] Microsoft's statement about Solaris-based Hotmail (old)


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From: Steven J Pulito <stevenp@seas.upenn.edu>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Microsoft's statement about Solaris-based Hotmail (old)


>ok I can't believe I'm involving myself in this discussion but I feel the
>urge, now donning my flame retardant suit :)
>
>> Yup, that job.  What about an enterprise level databases?  Okay, granted
>> we can jump over to a full-blown Unix.  But, can we run it on an Intel
>> box?  Is it easy to setup and easy to administer?
>
>enterprise level databases? I love the way people throw around that word
>around.  By "enterprise level" I suppose that you mean some large
>corporations financials?  If that's the case can't you be almost 99%
>sure they're using Oracle on some huge honkin' super redundant Unix
>box(es)?

To repeat:

The only case I am aware of in which Windows NT was migrated to Windows 2000
to run an enterprise data base -- for a Fortune 1000 company -- was a TOTAL
FAILURE.

It has a Sybase data base and lasted 8 hours before it had to be restored
from tape.  Nobody even cared to risk the Oracle data bases.

The corporation involved was a member of the Windows 2000 Beta program and
received support direct from Microsoft.

All things considered, I would rather invest the time and money wasted on
failed deployment efforts on a fault tolerant, scalable and redundant
Beowolf SAN storage implementation that can scale and integrate into a true
directory rather than attempt to deploy an flawed operating system that
lacks multi-platform integration potential.

While Microsoft claims it supports Active Directory on other platforms, the
claim is less than convincing when it fails to operate within the Windows
2000 environment, let alone on other vendors OS's.

I am convinced that Windows 2000 will have an important role in the
enterprise, it is NOT going to be an enterprise directory platform in the
forseeable future.  Neither will it be an important 3rd party data base
server until significant compatibility issues are resolved.  It will be an
important application server for areas in which Microsoft excels -- SMP
support and web applications with active content.

At the risk of being flamed for throwing around silly certification letters:

Stephen Fritz
CNE, MCSE, ASE and Intel Certified Integration Specialist
(Intel requires me to spell it out)


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