Hi. I won’t comment on
the other issues, but I will comment on the issue of multi-platform
support.
Linux fans tend to be quite fervent in
their support of this platform. Unfortunately, this “fervency”
interferes with rational discussions about what makes good business sense.
On the positive side, Linux is becoming an
accepted standard for servers. (I’m considering installing
Linux on my server.) HOWEVER…
Like it or not, Windows is on well over 90%
of all client workstations. That’s where the CURRENT market
is. And that’s in general. In the home financial
systems – AB’s target market – Linux has virtually NO client
workstation market share.
Long-winded discussions about the
theoretical or technical benefits of Linux are simply a waste of time in this
forum. As a small businessman, Tomasz has to focus on CURRENT
standards. It would be financial suicide for Tomasz to randomize his
time and energy to redevelop AB for Linux.
If you want to continue this discussion, I
suggest creating a new Yahoo forum dedicated to discussing the benefits of AB
on other platforms.
Regards,
Dan.
p.s. 15 years ago, I set up an OS2 server
at home. It was a NIGHTMARE. It took 3 MONTHS to get the
video and disks set up correctly. More recently, I had Windows NT 4.50 on
my server. Similar nightmare - drivers weren’t available,
software had odd glitches, and overall it was a massive headache. Been
there; done that; won’t do it no more!
From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Michael.S.G.
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
4:15 AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re:
Amibroker on Linux OS computer?
Sorry for the OT post people,
jessie_livermoore wrote:
>Recent studies indicate that there are
actually more security F*&ups
>in Linux than in XP. (I leave it in the middle
if this is user error
>or due to the product)
>
>
>
I call bluff on this statment. For Two reasons.
1) Due to the nature of open source, Security
issues ARE found more
readily. And they are also FIXED more readily.
Many of these "issues"
are fixed before they are ever exploited or known
about by malicious coders.
2) Due to the Closed nature of XP just HOW do you
know how many
security issues are in XP? Are you takeing only
the ones exploited under
XP and comparing against the former? If so,
Thats a pretty bad call.
And where are these studies you talk about??? Link
please.
>In addition there is a LOT
of software that is not running on Linux.
>
>
>
Such as? All the software I have runs very well.
>(I have a UNIX background going back to 1986
and have been one of
>the persons responsible for getting internet
into one of the first
>eductational institutes to offer this in our
country. And this was
>on a Linux box)
>
>
>
I remember internet was available (edu institutes)
quite a while before
"linux" ever emerged - And it was
through Unix mainframes. So Im not
sure what your trying to say there......
>However we have to realise the constraints
that any developer works
>under and that is return on investment. I
would bet that Tomasz
>would be unable to offer Amibroker at its
current price if he was
>going to support multiple platforms. The
quality of the product
>would suffer (due to keeping multiple product
lines in sync) and the
>response to requests for new functionality
would slow down to a
>crawl. (Last position I had was software/
hardware architect in a
>turnkey solution provider, so I think that I
have got a fair idea
>what is going on in a software shop)
>
>I sincerly hope that Tomasz is not seriously
considering this (this
>is not to belittle Linux, however we need to
stay realistic)
>
>L
>
>
>
Im sure Tomasz is quite capable of dealing with
these sort of issues if
he chooses to. I don't like to suggest how people
should run their
buisness. But I do like to make suggestions as a
user of AmiBroker.
ATB
Michael.
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