Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 22:29, Han Boetes wrote:
> > Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 19:41, Han Boetes wrote:
> > > 
> > > > mayor problem since linux is not a reboot OS.
> > 
> > ^^^^^^^
> > please quote carefully. This hardly reflects what I said.
> 
> Uh? It's exactly what you said. You argued that bootup time is
> irrelevant "since linux is not a reboot OS". I point out that there are
> perfectly normal real-world situations in which end users do in fact
> boot Linux frequently. Where's my flaw?
> 
> > > Well. It's certainly designed to be capable of running more or less
> > > perpetually, that's true. That doesn't mean that's how people use it,
> > > though. I boot my system at a minimum once a day, because I power it off
> > > every night in order to save power. I expect most non-geek home users do
> > > the same with their systems.
> > 
> > You just repeat an already used argument.
> 
> Whether or not it's already used is irrelevant; it's not one I've seen
> *refuted*, which is all that matters.

Right...


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