Re: WODS Music Screw Ups

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>]

  Sven Franklyn Weil wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Matt Stevens wrote:
>
> >   I don't think Windows 98 is stable enough to run a radio station, it 
> makes
> > me appreciate my vintage 1995 Audisk running with DOS 6.22 and a bunch of
> > SCSI-2 drives. It just keeps going and going........
>
>Well...some manufacturers of automation software are coming out with Linux
>applications....which seems to be crash-resistant.


Linux may be crash-resistant, but it's not exactly user-friendly.  Thanks 
but no thanks, we have enough computer issues without using an OS that's 
difficult to use.  Apparently most manufacturers agree...there doesn't seem 
to be any great stampede to introduce Linux-based systems.  I asked the 2 
manufacturers we use, & while they are considering it, they have seen no 
real demand for it.

I agree that DOS-based automation just runs & runs...we almost never have 
to re-boot the Scott Studios systems we have.  NT-based Maestro, for all 
it's annoying quirks runs well once you get it working.  It also rarely crashes.