Author: Steve Coladonato
Date: 06:40:55 04/05/01
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On April 04, 2001 at 18:01:59, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >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. The KDE desktop under Linux isn't too bad. I just hope some of the commercial chess programs start appearing under Linux. Especially now that Kylix is available; albeit expensive. Steve
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