What's best for reliable BBS: SCO Unix, Linux, or NT?

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2 total messages Started by Daniel R. Kegel Tue, 07 Dec 1993 20:51

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Author: Daniel R. Kegel
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1993 20:51

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I need to select a Unix system to run a BBS which must service eight
modems reliably day and night for weeks at a time, but which 
only needs to be managed via FTP and Telnet, and doesn't need to do 
any remote filesystem stuff (no NFS, no Novell) nor any graphics.
I need Unix because the BBS will have to be custom written (it's for
programs to call up and register themselves, not for users),
and I have no stomach for doing multitasking code under MS-DOS.

Is Linux up to critical applications like this, or am I better off
under SCO Unix?  I suspect that either system requires a Unix weenie
(like myself) to run it, and I'd much rather that it be easy to
administer.
For that matter, should I consider Microsoft Windows NT?

Can you pass open file descriptors between processes under SCO?  under Linux?
under NT?  This seems like something I might want to do to pass calls
from my frontend to a 3rd party backend.

- Dan Kegel (dank@alumni.caltech.edu)

Re: What's best for reliable BBS: SCO Unix, Linux, or NT?

#232

Author: Joseph Hlebasko
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1993 17:10

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In article <2e2qca$sdf@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Daniel R. Kegel,
dank@cco.caltech.edu writes:
>Is Linux up to critical applications like this, or am I better off
>under SCO Unix?  I suspect that either system requires a Unix weenie
>(like myself) to run it, and I'd much rather that it be easy to
>administer.
>For that matter, should I consider Microsoft Windows NT?
>
>Can you pass open file descriptors between processes under SCO?  under
Linux?
>under NT?  This seems like something I might want to do to pass calls
>from my frontend to a 3rd party backend.
>
>- Dan Kegel (dank@alumni.caltech.edu)

Or you might consider QNX for this application.
-Joseph Hlebasko

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