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SearchOpenSource: Assess the Mess: Porting Apps from Unix to Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 11, 2006

[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
]

What are the most important issues that IT managers
should watch out for when porting an app from Unix to
Linux?

Alfredo Mendoza: IT managers should look at
the overall porting effort from three different perspectives:
first, from the technical side; second, from the business side; and
third, from the project management side–not necessarily in that
order. Looking at the technical side includes hiring or training
the people that will do the port so that they will have the
necessary skills, such as porting, testing, debugging and
performance…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

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