Another reason for Linux.

[Michael Butash]

Well, I can honestly say that there really aren't a lot of good serial 
control applications or software in general under linux - most of this 
is "roll yer own" socket i/o stuff.  I've been through this with home 
automation exercises, other than serial to network daemons, it's rather 
nil out there.   PLC utilities I would presume is shaky as well, simply 
because all hardware vendors just default to windoze.  They don't know 
any better...

Market opportunity?  Sure, tons I would say, but adoption is the trick. 
  How many municipalities are willing to put water control over to new 
software, os, AND be the first to do it?  How about nuclear plants?  I'm 
sure someone out there is working on it, but I'd love to see/compare 
adoption rate of "industry standard" windoze-based software from Siemens 
and such vs. lone-wolf software vendor solution on linux.

-mb


On 10/21/2011 05:56 AM, Stephen wrote:
> In context Lynn is right. If you want to improve business via Linux you
> need applications that business owners want so you need a paralell to
> what is in use by MS platform's.
>
> While data is the part you generally can't replace easily there is also
> disaster recovery. How long are you down without your services and how
> much does it cost you.
> On Oct 20, 2011 10:16 PM, "Eric Shubert" <ejs at shubes.net
> <mailto:ejs at shubes.net>> wrote:
>  >
>  > On 10/20/2011 03:20 PM, unixprgrmr01 at gmail.com
> <mailto:unixprgrmr01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >>
>  >> The question we need to ask ourselves is what apps are out there that
>  >> would do the same jobs better, cheaper, and above all more securely?  Is
>  >> there an entrepreneurial opportunity here?
>  >>
>  >> Lynn
>  >>
>  > <rant>
>  > Why do people seem to be so app-centric these days?
>  > I don't think the app's all so important.
>  > I think it's the data that counts. *Your* data.
>  > Your Data{
>  >  Email
>  >  Messages
>  >  Files
>  >    Docs
>  >    Pics
>  >    Vids
>  > }
>  > It may not be what the majority's interested in,
>  > but I think it's what's most important.
>  > Boring perhaps.
>  > Is Your Data recoverable?
>  > Really recoverable?
>  > </rant>
>  > I don't mean to pick on you, Lynn.
>  >
>  > Oh, and how many devices/apps can you access Your Data from?
>  > Now *that* I think is significant.
>  > (think Personal Server) ;)
>  >
>  > --
>  > -Eric 'shubes'
>  >
>  >
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