Is anyone actually paying attention? Note that I didn't say that Linux, in
general, has no support. I said that Linux is not supported with the
*specific* piece of hardware that I was referring to (which, BTW, is
Digital's [now Compaq's] StorageWorks line). That means that even if a
piece of hardware breaks, for example, Compaq will not send a support
person on site because you aren't running a supported configuration. Good
luck getting someone from comp.os.linux.* to come on-site within 4 hours to
fix your broken storage subsystem that isn't even related to Linux. Does
ADK do that?
If you want to be paranoid about "FUD" then that's your perogative. But
public accusations don't buy you anything when you are that obviously
wrong.
Finally, this isn't a kernel issue. Drop it.
> > I talked to someone a few weeks ago who described a system he just sold
-- > > 5 minutes of down time costs this customer about $500,000. That means that > > the 33 minute fsck costs about 3.3 million dollars. Do *you* want to tell > > this person that fsck is tolerable? > > > > Um, can you say, UPS, and "maintainence"? If proper amounts of both are > given, the chances of an fsck are almost NONE, in my experience and that > of *MY* clients. I don't know about anyone else...I still don't think you even have an inkling of how paranoid these people are. A UPS can fail, software can crash, a CPU can fail, a large chunk of ice from an airplane can crash through the roof and slice right through the power cable, ...
Chris Smith
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