Re: BSWare and Loki order forms...

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >       As soon as I got back I loaded up the new BSWare based on the 7.1
> >Redhat and all I can say is WOW!  Every device including the ATA100
> >controller and sblive is up and working and the new Xconfiguration detected
> >my gts pro card with no problems.  All in all this has to be the smoothest
> >linux install I have ever done (and a great relief after working with the
> >Redhat 7.0 release).  Keep up the great work BSWare Guys!
> 
> RH7.1 is a vast improvement over 7.0,  there isn't much disagreement about that.

And BSware is an improvement over Redhat.  (shameless plug!!! ;)  
At least it has the latest security fixes available from Redhat.

And [hopefully] the new version of BSware with XFS support will
even better than BSware classic.  (SGI XFS support with the SGI
modified installer so it can be installed to an XFS partition)

This is in addition to the classic BSware.  I'm not getting rid
of the stock Redhat updated BSware I've made for years.

Now what to call it?  BSware-XFS  BSware-Pro  BSware-Extreme
BSware-TNG  BSware-NT  BSware-2001

Anybody got a good idea?  Wait, I know:

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*** Name the new BSware and win a FREE copy contest! ***
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BSware-XFS & BSware-Pro are my ideas, BSware-Extreme is Adam's.
The others are a joke.

Rules:  I am the complete judge & jury on this.  I pick the winner
and there is no appeal.  If you can come up with a name I like better
then you will win, otherwise I'll probably go with one of the first
three listed.  If there are duplicates, the person who sent the name
first gets the credit.  Time is limited, so hurry.  I will close the 
contest and pick a winner without warning (before Tuesday!).  You 
must pick up your free copy at ameeting that I attend.  I can change 
or amend the rules at any time.  Any rules I forgot to mention are 
implicitly implied.  Send all entries to me.  IANAL!  :-)

> >       I am starting to work on the forms for the Loki purchases and would
> >like to find out what development options are available (DB, Scripting
> >Language, etc..)  I am keeping this as simple as possible and Ill make sure
> 
> The KLUG box uses PostgreSQL (DB) and PHP (web scripting language).

Also, my company's web site AND e-commerce are both powered by Redhat,
PHP and Postgresql.  All created by a professional developer.

> PostgreSQL is an SQL92 compliant fully transactional client/server...

I should also mention that Redhat comes with Mysql.  I've never tried
it because everything I've read leads me to believe that Postgresql
is a far superior database, but I mention it because Mysql is very
popular on web sites and there are books available about Mysql.

> PHP (Professional Home Pages, although no one uses the meaning of the acronym anymore) is THE MOST POPULAR web scripting language on the Internet.  Works with almost ever web server (including IIS and Apache) and has an API for database and libraries that I had never heard of before reading the configure options.  PDF generation, Flash generation, Image generation, XML parsing, LDAP. arrays, sessions, objects, even OLE.  It supports PostgreSQL of course.
> 
> PHP and PostgreSQL are already on your RedHat CD"s as RPMS, compiled and ready to go with the included version of apache.

Along with Mysql and PHP support.  (boo! :)   

PHP can also be recompiled to support most (all?) commercial 
databases available for Linux.  http://www.php.net/

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Bruce Smith               bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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