[dba-Tech] Facebook has been busy

Most open source projects and programming languages are more focused on Linux, because that is the dominant server platform these days.

- Hans



On Mar 27, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:

> As I wrote, Jim, no problem for me and you, since we are both acquainted
> with Linux. Bur so far I am not prepared to commit. I shall check it out in
> a VM and then decide.
> 
> I think that you and I tend toward similar paths: a) retired, and hence
> free from OS-obligations; b) looking for no-cost solutions plus easy
> transitions from Win* to *nix solutions. We're most of the way there; the
> Base db remains problematic but I'm working on this, in my off-hours. No
> solutions in hand yet, but I'm gerring closer.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Arthur:
>> 
>> No surprising really. Facebook is a very large open source using, web
>> company. Companies in this category are unlikely to be anything other than
>> Linux.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <
>> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, 27 March, 2014 3:44:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Facebook has been busy
>> 
>> Not that it's a problem for me, but I did notice that Hack is available
>> only for Linux.
>> 
>> Arthur
>> 
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