Hello, I would like to pose a question to those of you that connect your cytometers, flow and/or image, to a data backbone. If you were starting from scratch and were given the choice between LINUX or Windows NT, which environment would you choose and why? Now, I don't want to get into holy wars about whether Mr. Gates is a god or the devil...I am wondering about the practical issues and whether there are fundamental advantages or disadvantages for either as the OS for a running a data backbone in the cytometry world. For the "end user," the guy sitting at either the FACScan Mac or a PC hooked up to a microscope, he/she can "see" either backbone to drag and drop files for archive and backup...and probably doesn't care which platform is supporting the server...except when it doesn't work! Functionally, both NT and LINUX use the same generic PC hardware, so costs seem about the same. Are there still stability/reliability issues? Has anyone switched from one to other? Or contemplating a switch? I'll be interested in your replies...if desired, I'd be happy to summarize any results. Thanks. -Bill ***************************** William Hyun, Director Laboratory for Cell Analysis UCSF Cancer Center, Room S129 San Francisco, CA 94143-0808 Office (415)476-2632 Lab (415)476-2631 FAX (415)476-8218 email hyun@cc.ucsf.edu Deliveries: 2340 Sutter Street, Room S129 San Francisco, CA 94115
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