Re: Oracle 9.2.0.4 uptime W2K 6 months

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:13:00 +0100, Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote:

> "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
> news:opr520jfmf3d8uqx_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
>> On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 09:07:37 GMT, Jack <none_at_noe.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hotfixes does not need reboot.
>>
>> Uh huh. Let's see.
>>
>> Of the 38 critical updates that were just offered to me for a fresh
>> Win2000 Pro install, 25 state 'after installing you may have to restart
>> your computer'. I have never yet encountered a "may have to" which
>> didn't
>> actually turn into a "you will have to".
>>
>> Two were 'must be installed separately from any other update', which is
>> a
>> sure fire indication that a reboot will be compulsory.
>>
>> So, 27/38ths of critical updates *do* require reboots.
>>
>> Enough said.
>> HJR
>
> With care and attention to detail you wouldn't need 27 reboots for this
> task
> though

Oh lord. Do we have to take everything quite so literally? I never said 27 reboots would be required. Merely that the statement that 'hotfixes does not need reboot', apart from being grammatically appalling, bears no relation to the facts.

1 reboot would be sufficient to make my point: 6 months' uptime comes about by not applying critical patches.

That's all.
HJR

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