Linux is used in surprising places....
For instance, while it is not commonly spread information, most movies (I
estimate ~98%) seen in big screens have been color corrected using DaVinci
color correction systems, which only runs on linux.
P
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 05/03/2012 10:54 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> [snip]
>
>
>> If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
>>
>
> Another possibility is that it uses some bit of proprietary s/w that
> requires some specific version of a library.
>
> But, having the need to experiment with MySQL replication, I've discovered
> the joys of VMs. If the h/w is failing but they *need* that specific s/w
> then they could move the disk into a VM image.
>
>
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