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Breathing New Life into Old Servers
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| For my purposes however I decided to download Ubuntu Linux 8.04 Sparc
| Edition, although which OS you decide to use is entirely up to you. My
| reasons for using Ubuntu were that the rest of my Linux platforms all run it,
| and I have a set of already-running monitoring scripts that work with them,
| making monitoring much easier.
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http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/networking/features/article.php/11315_3808276_1
Cleaning Out the Closet: What to Do With Those Worn-Out Legacy Systems
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| Many large enterprises still run critical applications on legacy Linux and
| Unix platforms. Much like the fabled Energizer Bunny, these old computing
| OSes keep going and going and going. Some of these are not even in production
| any more.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/66355.html?wlc=1236211824
Related:
Why it's hard for Microsoft to catch the next wave
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| I call it the "tyranny of the installed base." I saw plenty of it when I
| worked at minicomputer Data General in the 1990s. Customers want bug fixes
| and enhancements to their existing products--even if it's some legacy
| database that fewer and fewer people used with each passing year. The result
| is that lots of resources get sucked into supporting the "old stuff," leaving
| that much less energy, money, etc. for the "new stuff."
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| But the real issue here is more insidious. A company, especially a public
| company, can't really "Just Say No" to that installed base and tell them to
| take their business elsewhere. Imagine if you would this scenario: Ballmer
| wakes up next Monday morning after having an epiphany over the weekend. He
| walks into Redmond, tosses a few chairs for emphasis, and announces that
| Microsoft is going to immediately discontinue selling and developing its
| Windows operating system and Office products because they're mired in the
| past and have become too much a distraction from what's really important--its
| online services business.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13556_1-9947160-61.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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