>>>>> "David" == David Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is a valid point, certainly, but not entirely applicable in
> our case because of the proposed application. Also, there's the
> question of whether the hardware serves the software or the
> other way around. In a desktop application, the hardware must be
> subordinate to the software. In an embedded industrial
> application, this facile assumption is not as easy to sustain.
One point: linux is in many ways _more_ tolerant of hardware than
NT. For instance, Linux can run on a wider variety of hardware,
including a lot of older hardware that NT can't handle.
> I suppose that the real heart of the controversy from our point
> of view is accountability. To the Linux community, it's okay if
> the user has to resort to uncertain means of support such as the
> 'Net, users' groups, and e-mail for whatever assistance is
> needed to get the OS running or back up after a crash. In an
> industrial situation, downtime is simply not acceptable, and
> support for the components that we incorporate into our systems,
> software or hardware, must be immediate and absolute. Linux
> cannot provide this.
I mentioned Caldera support earlier. Is there some reason you haven't
considered purchasing support from them?
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