Re: D3(NT) vs D3/AIX - your thoughts

mabosa wrote:
Our business uses an enterprise supply chain management app that runs
on D3/AIX. The app has worked well for years, but the AIX server is
aging and is being considered for replacement. The IBM VAR is quoting
a replacement AIX server that is thousands more than a similar
size/speed Win server. It also seems that there is more development
and tools available for D3(NT) than D3/AIX, that D3/AIX just isn't
getting the attention from Raining Data (among others). I'm
considering jumping to the Dark Side (Win), buying a D3(NT) server,
converting to D3(NT), etc. Your thoughts - good, bad, and assuming .
. no one is indifferent on this subject. Thanks.


Hi.

Be advised that D3/NT is not D3 ported over to Windows, it is a fairly different beast. You should be clear of your reasons to migrate and undertake thorough application testing before you commit.

In 1999 the fortune of my company rested on a 32 user D3/NT box running my unique local government application. With no competing product it seemed that success was in the bag. However faced with memory leaks, stalled telnet sessions and daily reboots the customer decided to stop using it and I lost my business. Later when I started work with Disys I encountered customers running D3/Linux boxes that had not been switched off in five years. This surely speaks volumes.

Since then it is fair to say that the waters have muddied somewhat and now the issue is not so clear cut. Windows XP is much more stable than Windows NT and Red Hat 9 Linux has some issues of it's own.

If my business (or my job) depended on it then I would choose a commercially supported Unix/Linux type operating system to host a database. For developing software on my laptop I used to use D3/NT but since my license expired now use UniVision on Windows XP.

Hope this helps.


John
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