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Re: RDBMS for DOS and Windows

• Posted by Brian Jackson <bjackson at 2FARGON.COM> Feb 24, 2000
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>    486... 386... Blah...  Not a big deal as far as whether windows will
>run or not.. But.. The memory constraints of 4-8Mb is a big issue here.
>Win95 requires  8Mb of RAM in order to install.
>Win98 requires 16Mb of RAM in order to install.
>I have a 486 at 50Mhz with 8Mb with Win95 installed.  I refuse to run it
>because there simply isn't enough memory to support windows.  Not to
>mention trying to run a single application.
>
>With max systems of 486's with 8Mb of RAM...  He is simply stuck with DOS.
>Only other alternatives are as follows:
>
>Win 3.x  with or without Workgroups
>Linux
>
>Windows 3.x - Networkable, Runs fine with those memory.  Stuck with trying
>to find 16bit software.  Euphoria's Win32 will work to some extent assuming
>you also install the Win32s package for Win 3.x.
>
>I can't really speak on behalf of Linux because I simply don't know near
>enough about it.  I do know this.... Linux is generally much more secure
>and stable.  Linux is generally faster under these memory limitations.
>
And the total cost to convert the entire plant to Linux is labor!  (OK $70
bucks if you want a nice boxed copy to sit on your shelf and look cool).
Then you can run SQL for free, no more IPX headaches, TONS of free
software... I am a Certified Netware Engineer BUT - I have never run into a
situation where Netware is better than Linux as a total solution (well,
maybe if you're a die hard GroupWare user).  But I digress...

>If you ever get a company hooked on a graphical interface..  They won't
>want to go back.  The graphical is usually much easier to use and looks
>more pleasant.

My GUI of choice for Linux is KDE.  I can't confirm it, but I believe that
KDE will run even on the 386 (not sure about the memory requirements
though).  It comes with Netscape, so they could even surf the web on their
old 386's.

The drawback to Linux is that it's a pain to set up.  Once you've got it
working though, it just runs.  My Linux uptime record is 513 days, and we
only downed it to upgrade to a new kernel.

Brian