Re: The joy of Democracy

On 24/10/2024 09:11, D wrote:

  On Thu, 23 Oct 2024, rbowman wrote:
 

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:18:20 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On 23 Oct 2024 18:00:55 GMT, vallor wrote:
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My politics are middle-of-the-road by any other measure, but many
red-state denizens would consider me -- not "left", not even
"left-wing", but "leftist" and "a dad-blurned lib'rul!"

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Welcome to the normal world. Which many (most?) people in the US seem to
consider “radical left”. Here in NZ, we call it just another godless
atheist socialist liberal secular democracy.
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Meanwhile, we use Linux _a lot_ in our business.  I daresay Linux is a
more useful server and workstation OS than anything else.

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It seems to have pretty much put an end to Microsoft’s Windows Server
business--at least the on-premises part. As well as killing off Windows
Home Server, Windows Media Center, Windows Server HPC Edition ...

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Don't get your hopes up. We had two sites that ran Linux on the servers.
That made a great deal of sense since the core programs were developed on
AIX. The Linux servers lasted as long as the administrator was a Linux
fan. The new boss went back to Windows Server.

 Was it very difficult to develop on AIX and then move stuff over to linux?

It shouldnt be. Especially away from direct contact with IO
Most Unix programs compile and run on Linux unaltered
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.
-- Yogi Berra