on Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 05:12:38PM +0800, ramsubs (ramsubs@pd.jaring.my) wrote: > greetings all. > > i came across this article in linuxworld.com: > http://www.linuxworld.com/ic_706716_6995_1-3133.html > --------------- > The DA's Office Goes Digital > At the Queens County District Attorney's Office, keeping track of all the > documents associated with the 50,000 criminal cases it processes each year > is a family affair. There, necessity is the mother of invention, funding is > the father, and the prodigal child turns out to be a penguin. > > "One of the very few technical problems that arose with the Linux OS and the > custom interface stemmed from Linux's tendency to leave an application > running even when the application's window is closed. In Windows, closing > the window usually shuts down the application," said a much-enlightened > Kevin Hansen, ImageWork's president. Until ImageWork discovered and fixed > this quirk, users inadvertently launched multiple copies of the Linux > database and experienced some odd results. " > -------------- > > can anyone throw any light on this matter? A frequent issue in poor client/server application design. A similar issue faces users of SAS (http://www.sas.com/) in which remote sessions launched with SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE remain open if not explicitly logged off. The result is a slow DoS self-inflicted attack as server load climbs. This has been an open issue with SAS for well over five years, and is common to *all* platforms on which the product runs. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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