RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows 2003 66-95% faster the Linux

[Mike Pepper <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

That is the situation that we are in here. The software was purchased well
over 12 years ago, and was the top of the heap then. The problem is that
no one has been willing,< both programmers, and end users> to keep up with
the current technology. This beast has to run on Netware Servers, On a old
version of Btreive, and has to run the IPX protocol. I use a Citrix
Terminal Server to tunnel the program so that users can access it via
TCP-IP. But now I'm stuck using the old Terminal Server as well since the
new server won't run the old stuff. It must be able to run it in order to
publish it.
<yes it's hell being me>  <grin>

Mike

On Tue, 6 May 2003, Michael wrote:

> Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:56:33 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
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> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows 2003 66-95% faster the Linux
>
> If your business is based off an old dos app with no clear upgrade path
> and no source your up shit creek when it comes to trying to upgrade your
> servers. About the best I could suggest is to hire someone to reprogram
> the whole thing from scratch and make sure you keep the damn source code.
> If you can't afford to hire somebody then your all but toally screwed.
> Very good reasons to choose opensource next time.
>
> For the record, I have worked places that were in exactly this position.
> They had rooms stocked with spare server parts and backups of the software
> because there is no where they can easily replace those things. Sort of
> pitiful.
>
> > I am just saying who is going to lay out $5,000 or more to buy a new
> > server and the OS and still run a dos app? If you are still going to run
> > a dos app you are going to use the old hardware you already have.
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