Thinking about Windows?

[Taylor, Paul]

Problem is, IT Services would freak if they caught on.  They probably would;
I think they have software audits and the like.

ActiveState is working out okay, although my trainee is learning most of his
Perl from Randal's rag ( Learning Perl ) and it uses a coupla things that
don't seem to be supported under Win32, like flock.  Poor little get.

P.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin.Cornmell at ntl.com [mailto:Kevin.Cornmell at ntl.com]
> Sent: 31 October 2000 15:07
> To: southampton-pm at happyfunball.pm.org
> Subject: RE: Thinking about Windows?
> 
> 
> Howabout installing a UMDOS linux partition on his
> box & letting him play big-time.
> 
> Ive got peanut-linux, which is great for this, and I think 
> uses Xitami.
> 
> However it does not make the news much nowadays,
> BigSlack will do nicely, ZipSlack = no windows.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taylor, Paul [mailto:ptaylor at ordsvy.gov.uk]
> Sent: 31 October 2000 13:25
> To: 'southampton-pm at hfb.pm.org'
> Cc: 'techlist at sotonians.org.uk'
> Subject: Thinking about Windows?
> 
> 
> Ok.  Small recommendation here for people who wind up on the 
> Gate-meister's
> platform.  
> 
> OS is a bit funny about installing new machines and operating 
> systems.  I
> have no root permission anywhere in the building and the Perl installs
> effected by the admin team leave something to be desired.
> 
> I'm trying to teach a trainee about CGI and Perl's general 
> handiness in that
> arena - but I can't get into the Apache config to specify an 
> area for him to
> muck about in.  Bummer.  He's got a Windows box on his desk, 
> and we've both
> got the coveted "Developer's Rights".
> 
> So, solution we found was ActiveState Perl and the Xitami Web 
> Server for
> Windows.  Xitami has quite nice handling of CGI - it even 
> supports the UNIX
> she-bang mechanism - and the Perl modules we wanted to use 
> worked right off
> the bat.  Nice.
> 
> P.
> 
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