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I like Linux. Moving from SCO to LInux should be almost painless and should have been done a long, long time ago. Your admins might have to modernize some of their knowledge but nothing worse than moving from Windows NT to Windows Server 2008. Don't feel like RH is the only option -- it isn't. Moving to AIX or HPUX would be more difficult. That Oracle-owned "UNIX" probably shouldn't even be discussed. As TMH mentions, printer setup is usually the most obvious challenge and the biggest headache when making an OS change -- but that is true no matter what choice you make. It is certainly possible to run Progress on Windows and do so just as successfully and with equal performance (on the same hardware) as for Linux. It just isn't common. There are definitely exceptions in both directions but, in my experience, Windows servers aren't /usually/ as well configured and competently run as Linux servers. They *can* be just as stable and reliable and perform just as well. But Windows servers are often implemented by people without proper experience and training and who are much more likely to take a "one size fits all" approach that emphasizes cheapskate trade-offs that disproportionally impact databases. Especially if virtualization is involved. Or "corporate standards". -- Tom Bascom 603 396 4886 tom@greenfieldtech.com
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