NCR Archives

Cleaning Out the Closet: What to Do With Those Worn-Out Legacy Systems

By Jack M. Germain
Mar 4, 2009
LinuxInsider
1681 Words

Many large enterprises still run critical applications on legacy Linux and Unix platforms. Much like the fabled Energizer Bunny, these old computing OSes keep going and going and going. Some of these are not even in production any more. Upgrading these systems is no simple matter, partly because the...

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

Comparing Linux to System VR4

By Paul Murphy
Jan 13, 2005
LinuxInsider
1210 Words

Two weeks ago, I asked for reader aid in getting documentation on early 1990s System VR4 Unix to help understand what things can be done with Linux today but could not be done with AT&T System VR4. The question was naive and I need more help (and aspirin) in struggling toward a better answer tha...

OPINION

Comparing Linux to SVR4.2 and Looking for Help

By Paul Murphy
Dec 30, 2004
LinuxInsider
1017 Words

About two weeks ago Linus Torvalds was reported as having said that Solaris has nothing to teach him. That surprised me because my mental picture of Linux is that of a typical early 1990s megakernel -- years ahead of Microsoft's Windows servers, but not exactly state of the art by any standard and f...

OPINION

The Top 10 List of Worst Business IT Decisions

By Paul Murphy
Apr 8, 2004
LinuxInsider
1216 Words

About a month ago we had some people over for dinner, and the discussion drifted to top-10 lists of the Letterman variety. As part of that conversation, I got challenged to name the top 10 worst IT decisions ever -- something I couldn't do then and still can't do now, which is why I'm asking for you...