RE: How do you use Linux in your Library?

["Dovey J, Mr" <pjcd@maties.sun.ac.za>]

Hi,

We are using Aleph for our consortium. It is running on a fairly large HP
box though. I must just remind you that it runs on top of Oracle which makes
it pretty resource heavy... 

Just my .2 worth..

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Thomas [mailto:stephen.thomas@adelaide.edu.au]
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 7:27 AM
> To: pjcd@maties.sun.ac.za
> Cc: Edward M. Corrado; oss4lib-list@BIOMED.MED.YALE.EDU
> Subject: Re: How do you use Linux in your Library?
> 
> 
> Preston Smith wrote:
> > 
> >  ...
> > 
> >  I'd use Linux more if I could, but some things, like the 
> Voyager system,
> >  need a commerical Unix.
> 
> As a matter of interest, the Aleph system (from Ex Libris, 
> just purchased by
> SUNY) lists Linux as an available platform. They say this is 
> aimed at the
> small end of the library market.
> 
> We just had them here, demonstrating, and they used two 
> laptops -- one NT
> workstation, the other running Linux as the server.
> 
> Come to think of it, their Linux port may have been done just 
> so they could
> carry around a fully featured Aleph system for demos. :-)
> 
> 
> Steve
>