On Jul 23, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Kurt Hansen khansen@charityweb.net wrote:
Hello,
This message just came across on another mailing list I am on. The little dig on Unix as being old and Windows being new got me annoyed so I wanted to reply, but with some real contacts that he asks for at the end.
I figured there might be some folks who could help him out. Feel free to reply on list or to me, and I will forward on your contact info.
Message follows:
" Our company has 30 shops that connect to a central server where the point -of-sale software runs, and is currently operating on Unix (it´s an old system we acquired when we bought another company). It seems obvious we have to replace this Unix architecture with something more modern (and better able to manage our growing needs). The computer consultants we work with have suggested two options:
I think you're reading into this too much.
It sounds like their running an old serial or X terminal server based on SCO/HPUX or something and they are thinking of going to a Windows based terminal server.
For a small company I'd probably suggest MS terminal servers, running under ESX on big hardware so they can provision them out over time.
-Ross