--On Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:59 AM -0700 Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>Not to start a flame war, but have 2 NT Servers Pentium 233 that have been running for years, 24/7. There was a stretch from 96 to mid 99 that they ran without being touched.
I second that sentiment. I've had Win servers that ran and ran and ran for ages it seemed.
I don't get this argument
I do... Everyone guns for the top dog.
But, just like a good Linux admin can take steps to protect their system from unknown flaws, like by removing components they don't actually need, good Windows admins can do the same, and have been for years.
Therein lies the argument. It is a tool that is _capable_ of useful service. Unfortunately, the larger user base (like Windows users and "admins") follow the mentality of insert key, turn off brain.
It the same in almost every consumer market: My wife has a SYV (silly yuppie vehicle). But, unlike most end-users, we have driven it off-road, take the dogs to the beach (oh, the dirty seats!), and have carried lumber, bricks, dirt and fertilizer in it.
The equipment _can_ work. But can you or will you drive it that way?
Hey...maybe Microsoft should start selling SUVs. "Where will you go today?" will get the same answer: nowhere adventurous, and I'll probably get into an accident.
YMMV. --Alan
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