Aug-28-2021, 12:25 PM
I started using Linux shortly after it's emergence in the early 1990's, but only experimentally. I had been using Unix (Oracle Solaris) on Sun Microsystems workstations for development of CAD/CAM software. The Linux command set was very similar to UNIX.
Later, I used Unix (Ultrix DEC version) beginning in 1991 for telecommunications (on Digital VAX systems).
We were able to process 80 million phone calls each day with this setup, and this before cell phones were freely available.
During the same period, our European operations (13 countries) all used Linux and by the year 2000 much of our work worldwide was done on Linux.
Microsoft windows was used for office applications, but was never powerful enough to do any CPU intensive work such as call record processing.
Linux was much more suited for the high speed work at that time, and is still my choice for large data operations.
I have done much python development work on Windows, and this is a good match for the work I was doing, that being said, I still preferred Linux over MS windows.
Linux has been my choice since that time, its kernel hasn't changed much over the years, which is a testament to it's design.
I've been designing and writing software since 1968.
Later, I used Unix (Ultrix DEC version) beginning in 1991 for telecommunications (on Digital VAX systems).
We were able to process 80 million phone calls each day with this setup, and this before cell phones were freely available.
During the same period, our European operations (13 countries) all used Linux and by the year 2000 much of our work worldwide was done on Linux.
Microsoft windows was used for office applications, but was never powerful enough to do any CPU intensive work such as call record processing.
Linux was much more suited for the high speed work at that time, and is still my choice for large data operations.
I have done much python development work on Windows, and this is a good match for the work I was doing, that being said, I still preferred Linux over MS windows.
Linux has been my choice since that time, its kernel hasn't changed much over the years, which is a testament to it's design.
I've been designing and writing software since 1968.