Re: More benchmark bullshit, and Linux luser mating calls... (was Re: Linux betas NT in TPC testing, running Oracle8

In article <7g30in$15b$1_at_news.campuscwix.net>, Martin Ozolins <Martin.Ozollins_at_cwusa.com> wrote:
>
>>>Would you care to elaborate? And be specific.
>>
>>You don't have to reboot the machine every time you make a configuration
>>change in Linux. How do people live with having to reboot NT servers
>>for something as simple as adding an external modem to a serial port?
>>
>None, unless you are installing it as a RAS device in which case it is
>equivilent to installing a NIC.

Yes of course I want the option of using my modem for networking. What does that have to do with the need to reboot? Operating sytems designed as reliable servers don't need that.

   Les Mikesell
     les_at_mcs.com Received on Tue Apr 27 1999 - 21:54:21 CEST