After reflecting on the Linux/distribution rhetoric some..... a simple metaphor is in order for the model we are assembling here with VistA.
I have opened the box, emptied all the contents on the table, quickly scanned the directions, assembled the parts and pieces together into a somewhat workable system. It is time for my metaphor. 1. The computer operating system - VAX, UNIX, Linux, Windoze, etc. = A petri dish 2. The database - Cache, GT.M = the blood ager medium for the organisms to grow. 3. VistA, objects, routines, applications - mumps code = the organisms that grow and flourish on and in the medium. As we can see, the OS is merely a container for the medium and the organisms. Which is why it really doesn't matter which distribution of Linux one uses. If you have a consultant or contract with anyone who is experienced or proficient with UNIX/Linux it is not that difficult to get a petri dish out of the packaging. The OS is just a petri dish. ; ) Feel free to clarify or add to this metaphor Now, back to the mumps textbook. This stuff is strange..... no wonder you guys have been working with it for 20 years. : | -- Mark Street, RHCE http://www.oswizards.com -- Key fingerprint = 3949 39E4 6317 7C3C 023E 2B1F 6FB3 06E7 D109 56C0 GPG key http://www.oswizards.com/pubkey.asc ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
