The problem I have with the metaphor is that the OS isn't a passive thing like a pot or petri dish, it does useful work (though you may not be ware of what it is doing -- scheduling, memory management, etc.)
--- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Couldn't you have a Pot, Good Soil and Beautiful Flowers instead of > a petri > dish!!! ;-) > > On Friday 27 May 2005 02:46 pm, Mark Street wrote: > > 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. : | > > -- > Nancy Anthracite > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- 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
