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.
-- 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: > > 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... >>> > ___________________ Nolug mailing list nolug@nolug.orgReceived on 08/05/08
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