Author: Dan Newman
Date: 14:42:57 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. > I actually had one Win98se machine stay up for almost 7 days straight under heavy usage (10 or 15 open applications, compiling code, internet access, etc.). But that is very unusual. Usually it crashes after one or two days, sometimes twice in a day. My record is with a Win98se machine that I keep up continuously and run very few programs on (usually just my chess program, Shrike). That machine stayed up 29 days before crashing... How did anyone ever figure out that Windows would crash at 49 days? Maybe it's only a "theoretical" bug--49.7 days being equal to the number of milliseconds that can be counted with a 32-bit number :). -Dan. >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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