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"Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> "Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3DA6F180.8DC6AADC_at_exesolutions.com...
> > "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
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> >[Snip]
> > > Yup. Frankly, I'm getting bored with the "Micro$oft" and "Windoze" crap.
> > >
> > > My home server (2000) has been up for 221 days. It would have been
> more,
> > > but the previous 119 days were interrupted by a thunderstorm knocking
> out
> > > the power. One UPS later, and all is well. Even my XP desktop, which
> gets
> > > punishment aplenty and all manner of freeware installs, deinstalls and
> > > anything in between, has been up for 54 days.
> > >
> > > This myth that Windows is unstable is just that: myth. These days. But
> > > even so, I remember my NT4 servers at a large Insurance company running
> for
> > > three months at a time without interruption, except when I wanted to
> bounce
> > > them for service pack or backup issues.
> > >
> > > I blame the installers. Not the software.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > HJR
> > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Niall Litchfield
> > > > Oracle DBA
> > > > Audit Commission UK
> > > > *****************************************
> > > > Please include version and platform
> > > > and SQL where applicable
> > > > It makes life easier and increases the
> > > > likelihood of a good answer
> > > >
> > > > ******************************************
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > Great. Mine too.
> >
> > But then I'll bet you a burger and fries you didn't put 900GB of data an
> it and
> > open it up to many users attacking simultaneously with multiple tools.
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The milkshake will be in your lap if she reads this thread.
Plagiarize with my blessings and I will agree with your last statement. But never forget that it is far easier for an errant DLL to bring a Windows system to its knees than anything anyone would likely do in a UNIX environment.
Daniel Morgan Received on Fri Oct 11 2002 - 15:11:15 CDT