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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: IRC request
- Date: Thu, 29 Feb 96 19:54:34
- Organization: Private node.
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- Michael M. Rye (1726@topcity.mn.org) wrote:
- : dfraser@mother.com (Dan J. Fraser) wrote:
- : >This isn't really a feasable use for Amiga. There's too much data, and
- : >Amiga is too unreliable.
- :
- : >While it is a good computer, Amiga systems probably shouldn't be used where
- : >mission-critical reliability is an issue.
- :
- : >If you want to run an IRC server, you should probably invest in a real
- : >computer.
- : --
- : What's your definition of a "real" computer??? And don't tell me
- : a Wintel box either. You'll get laughed at by more people than just
- : me in this newsgroup!
-
- He just means a computer with a more stable and protected operating system,
- such as UNIX. UNIX was _designed_ for this sort of multiuser application - it
- is very stable indeed and resilient to misbehaving applications. Running an
- IRC server on a machine so poorly protected as the Amiga would be asking for
- trouble, especially since a system crash would take down not only that
- machine, but break links in the IRC net, causing netsplits. These are a bad
- enough problem as it is.
-
- The network, memory and CPU loads involved in running an IRC server are also
- pretty enormous, which makes the idea of doing such a thing on an Amiga
- uneconomical as well as impractical.
-
- -- Mat.
-