On Jul 23, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Kurt Hansen <khansen at 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