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Subject: Re: (OT) OS

Author: Jeroen van Dorp

Date: 15:01:59 04/04/01

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On April 04, 2001 at 17:10:59, Ed Panek wrote:

>As far as being more stable...I only have a
>problem if I run it 24 /7 with multitasking...other than that I dont think
>you'll see a difference. For stability our Solaris Unix file server at work only
>went down twice during 365 days :)with 100 users.Compare that with Our 2000
>Servers which need to be reset every other day or so.


You are right, compared with my experiences running my PC with Win98 for 24/7
....

Once the Microsoft boys made a patch that would resolve an "issue" making Win98
crash after 49 days or so.....

My personal record (looking at the PC and doing absolutely nothing) is 50 hours
up, and most of the times I have to reboot several times a day while working on
it - Windows 98 OEM version, all original and legal software, proper drivers,
A-class system and peripherals.

The "here is you patch so your system won't crash after 49 days" was probably
one of the funniest - or maybe most bitter- jokes from Redmont ever.


Too bad they don't stay with what they can: building a GUI, but have to build
what they cannot: an operating system. Despite the critic the GUI is good and
effective. If ever the Windows GUI with the Linux under the hood.... :)

J.



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