Re: If they're unreliable as heck... (was Re: [Nolug] someone's gotan axe to grind...)

From: Dustin Puryear <dustin_at_puryear-it.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:38:20 -0500
Message-ID: <48989E1C.1060707@puryear-it.com>

BTW, no SCO boxes were not replaced. That application continued to be in
use for a few more years until the vendor developed a web-based
replacement which they then ran under IIS or Apache, I forget.

The TS servers and thin clients replaced the green tubes and a very
hairy terminal server (the old school kind) setup.

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Dustin Puryear
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Puryear Information Technology, LLC
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> 
> How many Windows Servers replaced how many SCO boxen?
> 
> On 08/05/08 11:41, Dustin Puryear wrote:
>> You were replying to someone other than me, FYI. :)
>>
>> Anyway, I liked WP. And, yes, it ran everywhere. Too bad it's become 
>> so niche.
>>
>> BTW, a long time ago was around 2000. :)
>>
>> -- 
>> Dustin Puryear
>> President and Sr. Consultant
>> Puryear Information Technology, LLC
>> 225-706-8414 x112
>> http://www.puryear-it.com
>>
>> Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers"
>>   http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/
>>
>>
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> On 08/05/08 11:19, Jeremy (mailing list box) wrote:
>>>> Dustin Puryear wrote:
>>>>> Yes he did. And I'm thinking he may have meant WordPerfect (WP).
>>>>>
>>>>> I think his thoughts are that you can replace TS with Pine and 
>>>>> WordPerfect and people are good to go.. ;)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure his intention is to try and get a rise out of the 
>>>> group.    The idea that you replace applications like Outlook and 
>>>> Word in a TS environment with Wordperfect and Pine is way out 
>>>> there.    Seriously, as much trouble users are for us admins, you 
>>>> don't make their lives harder unless absolutely necessary if you 
>>>> value your sanity.
>>>
>>> You did say that it was one of your previous previous previous jobs.  
>>> To me, that indicates A Long Time Ago.  But then, maybe my Long Time 
>>> Ago is different from yours.
>>>
>>> There must be people on this list with fond memories of WP51 who 
>>> remember that it was a very cross-platform app.  It even got it's 
>>> start on DG minicomputers...
>>>
> 
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