On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our Windows server from what I'm told get rebooted once week whether > they need it or not, in the name of 'Preventative Maintenance" :)
Sadly, that's an attitude that's quite prevalent in the Windows world, even though the OS itself has come a long way[1]. This is unfortunate, as it creates a self-reinforcing loop where operators are used to rebooting their servers all the time, and thus third-party vendors think it is okay for their drivers/applications to need restarting on a regular basis, thus keeping operators in the habbit. As Tom Buskey and Paul Lussier have observed, this attitude has become so prevalent that we now have to reboot our cell phones and printers. From the "If Microsoft Made Cars" list: "Occasionally your car's engine would just stop for no reason, and you'd have to restart it. For some strange reason, you'd just accept this." === Footnotes === [1] It used to be that one often needed regular reboots to keep Windows healthy.[2] [2] I'm talking Windows NT[3], here. Even people who like Windows[4] don't consider classic Windows[5] to be a real operating system. [3] Later releases of Windows NT include Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, and 2008. [4] Not me. I have to know how to manage Windows for professional reasons, and I can work in the environment, but saying I "like Windows" would be going too far. [5] "Classic Windows" being my term for what began as Windows 1.0, went through 3.x, then 95 and 98, and finally ended with Me. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/