Eric,
My point is that Linux isn't the only answer -- and I wouldn't recommend
switching from NT to Linux just for OpenSRS based on my experience.
I'm not exactly a microsoft lover either: our web servers run NT, but we
don't run IIS because of the security issues.
... and of course, never argue with anything that works. NT works fine here,
Linux works fine there. Your mileage may vary.
-- Lynn
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Paynter
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 10:41 AM
To: WebWiz; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Any Clues?
I agree with you both that NT4 is a good quality, stable OS. Due to it's
maturity, it is far more predicatable than W2K. I was an NT system
administrator for about 5 years before discovering Linux. My points were:
1. W2K is prone to bizarre and inexplicable errors.
2. Linux is easier to administer than any flavour of Windows (once you're
over the learning curve)
3. Windows is easy to learn, but cumbersome to use.
My suggestion to anybody is that they put the effort into it and learn the
basics of the UNIX platforms. It is well worth it in the end. I'm not going
to get into all the old performance and security arguments because they have
more to do with configuration than anything else; either type of system can
be made to perform well and be quite secure.
And, btw, we still run an NT mail server because there has so far been no
reason to convert it to Linux... It is stable and performs well. So don't
think I'm some Linux die-hard who's just trying to bash MS. We converted the
web server (which was W2K), simply because it was producing all sorts of
bizarre and inexplicable problems that would crop up and then go away with
no explanation. All of these problems had to do with the PERL scripts, so we
said, "What platform is PERL native on?". The answer is that PERL has been
develped with a UNIX paradigm in mind and the Windows ports are just that:
ports. Why get a port when you can run the real thing?
-Eric P.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "WebWiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 8:53 AM
Subject: Fw: Any Clues?
> FWIW, I've been running on NT4 SP5-SP6a since Feb 17, 2000
> with no problems. But, then again, I wrote the book :)
>
> http://www.atlcon.net/opensrs/nt-howto.htm
>
> (Admittedly, I had a LOT of help from other folks)
>
> Changes to the HOWTO are in the works for V2.33 and, if
> necessary, additional details on Windows 2000.
>
> John, you may want to check this and see if anything is
> awry. I've never seen the specific issue you detailed.
>
> Regards,
> Eric Longman
> Atl-Connect Internet Services
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynn W. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 11:41 AM
> Subject: RE: Any Clues?
>
>
> We run on NT 4, SP6. Flawlessly.
>
> Your mileage may vary.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Paynter
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 7:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Any Clues?
>
> I ran the OSRS scripts on W2K for about 6 months and had no end of bizarre
> errors, some occurring often and some rarely, but all without any
reasonable
> explanation. I finally took the plunge and ran up a Linux server. The
> learning curve was a little steeper than W2K, but since I brought the new
> server online I have had a total of 0 problems.
>
> In the end, it has saved me so much time I can't believe I didn't do it
> sooner. The server is soooo much easier to administer. What I learned:
> Windows = easy to learn, hard to administer. UNIX = Hard to learn, easy to
> administer. In the long run, I would suggest getting away from Windows to
> solve most of your problems and to greatly simplify all administrative
> tasks.
>
> -Eric P.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John W. Roche IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 6:25 AM
> Subject: Any Clues?
>
>
> > This started happening out of the blue on my Win2000 server:
> >
> > I have not been working on the site at all!
> >
> > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that
> your
> > locale settings: LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = (unset) are supported and
> > installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard
> locale
> > ("C"). Unable to locate winsock library!
> >
> > John W. Roche IV
> > http://www.dpsinc.com
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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