E-Petition: Migrate all government IT to Linux based systems

[Sysman]

See they are doing this all wrong, the money is in Oracle Licences not OS, PostgreSQL anyone?

FTFY.

But the latest word I have is that Microsoft are getting Oracle-like for enterprise licence prices (i.e. eye wateringly expensive).

[eek]

FTFY.

But the latest word I have is that Microsoft are getting Oracle-like for enterprise licence prices (i.e. eye wateringly expensive).

Yep Sql server 2012 has a 30% price increase attached to it and changes to the versions to ensure that is just the start of it.

[Bunk]

The thing is, many if not most HMG projects really are simple databases. When you consider the kinds of online services that manage to get up and running and servicing millions of users a day with nothing more than a small group of college dropouts behind them, it seems preposterous that so many HMG projects drag on for years before finally failing and being shut down without ever having seen a single real user.

Most startups have the benefit of starting small and expanding the infrastructure once they need it though. HMG projects need to support lots of users straight away. I do agree though, it shouldn't be as difficult as they make it.

[Sysman]

The thing is, many if not most HMG projects really are simple databases. When you consider the kinds of online services that manage to get up and running and servicing millions of users a day with nothing more than a small group of college dropouts behind them, it seems preposterous that so many HMG projects drag on for years before finally failing and being shut down without ever having seen a single real user.

The only HMG project I got involved with was a prime example of how they got caught up with the latest then fad of modularisation. It not only ended up with far too many modules to be efficient, but they forced the supplier to add too many "nice to have" features to the software libraries all at once, which didn't help performance either.

Result? It ran like a dog.

[stek]

The only HMG project I got involved with was a prime example of how they got caught up with the latest then fad of modularisation. It not only ended up with far too many modules to be efficient, but they forced the supplier to add too many "nice to have" features to the software libraries all at once, which didn't help performance either.

Result? It ran like a dog.

I've been on three, all using AIX on POWER7.

[darmstadt]

This would never have happened under Labour