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it is a new platform, hard to tell but I wouldnt go so far as to say linux is to blame, its more likely to be exchange software, they've gone from native to fi
by drstrangevibes 16y ago
it is a new platform, hard to tell but I wouldnt go so far as to say linux is to blame, its more likely to be exchange software, they've gone from native to fix 5, so its using a new protocol, new os, new software stack and most likely new hardware stack
- tallanvor 16y agoI don't think famoreira was trying to blame Linux. --That's just the part of the new system that you can reference easily.
- famoreira 16y agoYes, I didn't mean to blame Linux. I was just referring to the system in the way it was made famous (replacing a Microsoft based system with a Linux one).
- IDisposableHero 16y agoI don't think that "linux is to blame" or even that any choice of programming languages or other tools are to blame. It's a large system with extra-ordinarily tight performance requirements, and a lot of integration with external systems, and by nature hard to phase in gradually. That kind of system is very hard to get right first time regardless of your toolset. I'd be interested to hear more about thier methods to deal with these requirements and risks, less about thier platform choice. IIRC, both this and the previous failed system were outsourced, which doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.