Linux Platform Vs Win NT/98

We have the machine you are talking about, and yes Linux is a great OS much better than anything MS has ever put out. The machine is easy to use and program, the OS is rock stable unlike Windows. Our last machine ran Windows and our oven runs Windows and they are always locking up and doing funny things. Windows is not a good machine OS.

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In order to program your board, you are not exposed to the operating system.

If you want to "talk" to a Windows machine via LAN, you will have to install a communication software either on the Windows machine ( disc access ) or on the Linux machine ( Samba ).

Linux is an open server, which means you can write your own software and distribute it, without paying licenses fees to any of these software giants.

Linux or Unix ( SCO ) are very stable and fast O.S. because they don't have all these gimmicks Windows has. If you want to dive deeper into the software, you should get some literature like Linux for Dummies.

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As Stefan says, it�s tough to comment on Linux / SCO features of Euroland machines, because you don�t see Linux. You can say Linux / SCO is faster, less crashy, and cheaper than Windows machines. [Same reasons most internet servers run Linux. Hmmm.]

After that, the features that you see are the execution of tricks by the programmers at Siemens, Europlacer, MIMOT, and Mydata. [I know there are other Linux / SCO Euroland placers, but they have negligent representation here in the US. Virtually every Euroland government subsidized their own P&P machine company as a feeble minded attempt to prop-up their tech sector. Fascinating, because the Euros are the greatest innovators in communications right now, and it all happened so fast before the states could subsidize the companies. Hmmm.]

Anywho, each of these companies offers a wide range of products that are quite different from each other. Broadly, Siemens machines are aimed at larger shops with no shortage of capital and have very cool feeders and top drawer Cpk. Europlacer, MIMOT, and Mydata target flex shops and makers of large format boards.

Consider looking at the operating system as another feature [eg, up time, speed of crash recovery, execution speed, etc.]; like job set-up and run time, feeder maintenance, component size capabilities, and support that you can use to rate various machines. [Like our P&P machine assessment form is like 30-some pages long. We give it to sales types, tell �em to get it filled-out, and never see them again. Coo!!!]

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We are using a MY19 p/p machine from Mydata running Linux, and we are programming it from a Windows98 station, and goes through LAN to the machine when transferring our jobs. It�s a stable machine and we haven�t experienced any negative sides of running Linux or the machine.

Check out http://www.mydata.com/ for further information. I strongly recommend it.

Have a nice day!

Mattias Wennberg F�lt Elektronik AB Sweden http://www.faltelektronik.se

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