Linux-Advocacy Digest #880, Volume #31 Wed, 31 Jan 01 22:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Whistler predictions... ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Who was saying Crays don't run Linux? ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: NTFS Limitations (Was: RE: Red hat becoming illegal?) ("Chad Myers")
Re: Storm Linux & Applixware ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Storm Linux & Applixware ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: My first day at LinuxWorld in New York City! ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Storm Linux & Applixware ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Microsoft is FUN and Linux is BORING ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: New Microsoft Ad :-) ("nuxx")
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Whistler predictions...
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:14:07 -0500
Curtis wrote:
>
> Peter Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>
> «--snip--»
> >> Mandrake's hardware detector is stunning in its efficiency. It
> >> works the way Microsoft's so-called plug & play systen *should*
> >> have worked, but doesn't.
>
> I'm sure you're speaking about a recent version of Mandrake. Try Win2k
> and you'll be equally stunned.
>
Of course..the fact that the Linux people reverse-engineered and
implemented the Windows PnP spec BEFORE Microsoft ever got it right
doesn't phase you in the slightest, does it.
> --
> Curtis
>
> | ,__o
> !___ _-\_<, An egotist thinks he's in the groove
> <(*)>--(*)/'(*)______________________ when he's in a rut.
>
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ROT13 scrambled)
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Who was saying Crays don't run Linux?
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:15:40 -0500
Charlie Ebert wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aaron R. Kulkis wrote:
> >Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> >>
> >> "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> > Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Those aren't Cray supercomputers. They're clusters of above average,
> >> but
> >> > > basically normal systems.
> >> >
> >> > I ran your post through babelfish, and the result was -
> >> >
> >> > "If it doesn't run on Windows, it ain't worth squat."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > FYI, Linux has all but taken over a market where Microsoft doesn't even
> >> have a
> >> > toehold.
> >>
> >> Why are you people so incapable of sticking to a topic?
> >>
> >> The topic, is someone stating that Linux is running on Cray supercomputers
> >> based on a link. The real fact is that it's not a Cray supercomputer, it's
> >> a Cray cluster of average computers. Yet in your hurry to slam everything,
> >
> >If you consider machines which use liquid nitrogen to cool the CPU as
> >"average"....
> >
>
> Well,
>
> When your mainly made of Helium and Methane, wouldn't it
You wouldn't be implying that Funkenbusch is nothing but hot air...would
you...
> make sense to use liquid nitrogen to cool *YOUR* cpu?
>
> Charlie
>
> >
> >> you don't bother to understand what you're commenting on.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Aaron R. Kulkis
> >Unix Systems Engineer
> >DNRC Minister of all I survey
> >ICQ # 3056642
> >
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: "Chad Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: NTFS Limitations (Was: RE: Red hat becoming illegal?)
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 02:06:20 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:49:33 GMT, Chad Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:53:49 +0200, Ayende Rahien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >"J Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> >
> >> >> Is it true that windows 2000 finally got filesystem quotas
> >> >> somewhat similar to what Linux has had for years?
> >> >
> >> >Yes.
> >> >Is it true that Linux finally got the SMP support that NT had for years?
> >>
> >> Linux had that.
> >>
> >> What it lacked was the 'trick' of binding NICs to single
> >> CPU's in sort of a primitive version of system partitioning.
> >
> >It lacked a good design of not locking resources to a single
> >CPU. This was a problem throughout the kernel, IIRC, the NIC
> >thing in Mindcraft was only evidence of this.
>
> Not at all. That magazine that you like to ignore (C't)
> demonstrated this to not be the case. As soon as NT
> wasn't on a machine with matched CPUs and NICs, it lost
> it's edge.
Even if this c't makebelieve was fact, it would still show
that Linux had a brain-dead SMP design. It couldn't even
compete on TPC or any other SMP benchmark or real world
scenario.
> >The SMP design still (in 2.4) lacks behind most other
> >SMP implementations out there. I'd like to see another Mindcraft-
> >like benchmark where they have a really good SMP-friendly software
> >and they see who scales better.
>
> You mean like the 8-CPU webbench99 scores where NT either
> are blown out by Linux or is just shy of maintaining parity?
You mean the one where they beat NT by a measley 3% (blow out? yeah
right) by taking advantage of some kernel trickery?
-Chad
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Storm Linux & Applixware
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:22:43 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:05:29 -0500, "Aaron R. Kulkis"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >When I was at GM-Powertrain (Warren Technical Center), we had admin
> >scripts that worked on HP, Solaris, and SGI machines. Once
> >usability was gained on one platform, porting to the other two
> >was trivial.
> >Not so for AIX.
>
> I'll bet you're the idiot that came up with the idea to put Chevette
> Transmissions in Cadillacs and other full sized cars back in the
> 1980's.
>
> GM got their ass's sued because of that one.
Um...no, squished-head... Computer support people do NOT make
automotive design decisions.
And, by the way, no Chevette Transmissions were put into full-sized
cars...idiot. There are these things called "bolts"...which pass through
"bolt holes" to connect one major component to another. This alone
prevents a "chevette transmission" from being installed into a
full-sized Cadillac without some serious re-tooling.
Second...a "chevette transmission" installed in a full-sized car
(Cadillac or otherwise) would burn out VERY shortly.
The case was over BUICK engines installed in some Cadillacs.
Both engines were produced at the Livonia Engine plant, and are,
essentially interchangeable. (Some might even argue that, because
maintenance costs on Buick engines were lower at that time, that
anybody getting a non-Cadillac engine actually benefitted).
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> AIXes problem is with licensing, IMHO.
> >>
> >> > Of course, Born-with-a-golden-spoon-in-his-mouth Gates neglected to
> >> > notice that IBM's customer-lock-in strategy also had IBM in Federal
> >> > court so frequently that they were almost a permanent fixture on
> >> > the dockets.
> >>
> >> Heh. I'm glad they found a way to make money without doing that.
> >
> >Their current CEO basically said,
> >"Look, shit-heads...even non-technical management can figure out the
> >customer-lock-in trap. You had BETTER start providing cross-platform
> >compatability, because nobody is buying your incompatible-with-the-world
> >crap (like, for instance...IBM's EBCDIC-based everything vs ASCII
> >everywhere else).
> >
> >>
> >> -----.
>
> Flatfish
> Why do they call it a flatfish?
> Remove the ++++ to reply.
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Storm Linux & Applixware
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:24:26 -0500
Charlie Ebert wrote:
>
> In article <95a54i$ppe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> "." wrote:
> >>>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>> > With the demise of stormix, the best Linux distribution I have used
> >>> > to date, and what looks like the end for vistasource (applixware) it
> >>> > has been a sad few days for me.
> >>>
> >>> > Now with IBM going to spend $1 billion this year on Linux why don't
> >>> > they invest in stormix to keep a great debian based distribution going
> >>> > and buy vistasource and then follow sun and make applixware open
> >>> > source? Stormix did a fantastic job in making the easiest Linux
> >>> > installation and with debian package management, so easy to
> >>> > upgrade. As for applixware, it is an excellent office suite with a
> >>> > superb macro language, ELF. Here's a chance for IBM to invest a small
> >>> > amount of money and have a geat impact of Linux on the desktop.
> >>>
> >>> But probably not much of a profit. IBM is in the business of making
> >>> alot of money; thats why theyve been able to survive longer than almost
> >>> any other computer company in existance.
> >>>
> >>> Their investment in linux is a very big move for them; IBM doesnt throw
> >>> that kind of money around lightly. They're in the business of making
> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >>> things work very well, and I have high expectations.
> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >> Actually, this is a rather recent outlook for IBM.
> >
> >> For the first 40 years of IBM's dataprocessing business (up to, and
> >> including the release of AIX), IBM's previous business model was based
> >> on the same kind of customer-lock-in strategy that Microsoft is using.
> >
> >Alright, fair enough. But in IBM's defense, they made a buttload of
> >money *without* ever attempting to take over the world. :)
> >
>
> Look! Our shirts are as white as theirs!
>
> >> [Notice the re-formatting of the /etc configuration files in AIX so that
> >> administrative scripts written AIX won't work on other platforms]
> >
> >Now hold on, thats particular to every flavor of unix; there is not
> >consistent /etc between UNIXEN, especially not between the sysV
> >varieties. HP/UX did the same thing, as did Solaris/SunOS, SCO and
> >UNIXware.
> >
>
> You wantem sysV, go RedHat.
> You wantem BSD, go (((({{{{*****Debian!!!!*****}}}}})))))
>
> >AIXes problem is with licensing, IMHO.
> >
> >> Of course, Born-with-a-golden-spoon-in-his-mouth Gates neglected to
> >> notice that IBM's customer-lock-in strategy also had IBM in Federal
> >> court so frequently that they were almost a permanent fixture on
> >> the dockets.
> >
> >Heh. I'm glad they found a way to make money without doing that.
> >
>
> The GPL will prevent ANYBODY from dominating ANY market with Linux
> or HURD.
No...the GPL merely means that anybody who does dominate the Linux
world will have to EARN the position by producing a superior product
at a reasonable price.
>
> Charlie
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: misc.invest.stocks
Subject: Re: My first day at LinuxWorld in New York City!
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:28:38 -0500
Sponge wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:23:04 -0500, jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Today was the first day the exhibits were open!
> >I was very impressed at how big the show was.
>
> Size doesn't matter.
>
> >In the morning it was quite dead, and it looked
> >like no one was going to show up, but then I looked
> >in the auditorium where the opening keynote was and
> >found everyone there.
>
> It was dead all day long.
>
> >I sat through IBM's presentation about Linux.
> >Ironically, the night before the show, I had
> >stayed up all night working on getting my new computers
> >up and running on RedHat 7.0. I was so tired I kept dozing
> >off during IBM's presentation. But between lapses
> >of consciousness I managed to absorb some of what he
> >said. It looks like the corporate world is finally
> >understanding why Linux and open source is a strategic
> >advantage over proprietary solutions.
>
> Hey that's where I was!!!
>
> I'm the guy with the tall blonde that won the umbrella and gym bag in the IBM
> give away.
>
> Amy gave them to the children because they, well were quite cheap in quality.
>
> >The guys who developed Samba got a reward check for
> >$25,000.
> Big deal.
>
> If they would have sold it they would be millionaires.
> Fools if you ask me.
>
That's something Gary Winston would say
Hmmm. G.W... W.G... Heheh heheh
> >Linus showed up. I didn't know he was going to
> >LinuxWorld!
>
> Was that who was in the middle of the circle?
>
> >In the exhibit room, I noticed most companies were selling
> >rack mounted computers, GUI or network performance
> >analysis software for Linux. The only 2 things I found
> >really interesting was Pocket Linux and etherboot.org.
> >Linux was running on a Compaq handheld device.
> >That was pretty neat. Etherboot.org had a way
> >of using diskless clients, I had always wanted
> >to setup my computers that way. At least I discovered
> >something new. Other than that there didn't seem to
> >be much exciting going on. But that's just the technical part.
>
> I agree. It was a real sleeper.
>
> The Jitney ride home was a hell of a lot more interesting.
>
> >As for the fun part, there were a few notable things.
> >There was a pseudo game show where two groups of people
> >were answering silly questions about computing.
>
> Did you notice how at least half of them were totally clueless?
>
> They were getting even the most basic questions wrong.
>
> >A lot of people in the audience seemed to enjoy it.
> >But I kept dozing off again.
>
> You were not alone :)
>
> >The highlight of the day was the Chilliware exhibit.
> >I got some free popcorn and there was a very attractive
> >woman with blonde hair dressed in all leather!
>
> She had the hots for Amy.
> I think she might have been a carpet muncher.
>
> >She was pretty hot! I wonder if she was just a model
> >or if she was a software engineer? I was so stunned
> >that I can't even remember what Chilliware does. Oh
> >well.
>
> Don't sweat it.
> In a year or so nobody else will remember what Chilliware used to make either.
>
> >Oh and I also saw Darby Mullany from CNBC there
> >interviewing someone from VA Linux. How about that!
>
> It didn't make the news tonight.
> Guess it was too boring.
>
> >All in all, it was an ok experience. But
> >not exciting enough for me to go for the
> >2nd or 3rd day. I'm glad I discovered etherboot.org
> >though, at least I can use that.
>
> It was a real sleeper indeed!
>
> Sponge
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Storm Linux & Applixware
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 02:47:59 GMT
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:22:43 -0500, "Aaron R. Kulkis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>And, by the way, no Chevette Transmissions were put into full-sized
>cars...idiot. There are these things called "bolts"...which pass through
>"bolt holes" to connect one major component to another. This alone
>prevents a "chevette transmission" from being installed into a
>full-sized Cadillac without some serious re-tooling.
Hydromatic 200. Made for small cars installed in full sized GM cars.
>Second...a "chevette transmission" installed in a full-sized car
>(Cadillac or otherwise) would burn out VERY shortly.
At about 20k or so, and that's exactly what happened.
>The case was over BUICK engines installed in some Cadillacs.
That's another issue.
>Both engines were produced at the Livonia Engine plant, and are,
>essentially interchangeable. (Some might even argue that, because
>maintenance costs on Buick engines were lower at that time, that
>anybody getting a non-Cadillac engine actually benefitted).
Another GM issue.
I was part of the Chevette/Caddy tranny class action suit.
You need to do more research.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> AIXes problem is with licensing, IMHO.
>> >>
>> >> > Of course, Born-with-a-golden-spoon-in-his-mouth Gates neglected to
>> >> > notice that IBM's customer-lock-in strategy also had IBM in Federal
>> >> > court so frequently that they were almost a permanent fixture on
>> >> > the dockets.
>> >>
>> >> Heh. I'm glad they found a way to make money without doing that.
>> >
>> >Their current CEO basically said,
>> >"Look, shit-heads...even non-technical management can figure out the
>> >customer-lock-in trap. You had BETTER start providing cross-platform
>> >compatability, because nobody is buying your incompatible-with-the-world
>> >crap (like, for instance...IBM's EBCDIC-based everything vs ASCII
>> >everywhere else).
>> >
>> >>
>> >> -----.
>>
>> Flatfish
>> Why do they call it a flatfish?
>> Remove the ++++ to reply.
Flatfish
Why do they call it a flatfish?
Remove the ++++ to reply.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Microsoft is FUN and Linux is BORING
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 02:58:18 GMT
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 03:53:26 +0200, "Ayende Rahien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Really? On Win2K, stick a Audio CD to the CD drive, if you aren't admin, WMP
>will crash.
It works fine here for a standard user (not Admin group) with Win2k
and SP1.
>Solution, run WMP as admin, let it "know" the CD, then close, and start
>playing as normal user, now it will work.
It works fine for me?
>I love 2K & I love windows, but please don't make such outragous statements
>on such trivial matters.
Trivial to a programmer maybe.
Non trivial to a musician,
Flatfish
Why do they call it a flatfish?
Remove the ++++ to reply.
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From: "nuxx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: New Microsoft Ad :-)
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 11:06:34 +0800
"Giuliano Colla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Do you have a link for that? Because that's *just* over 5 minutes a
> > year, and for all the bleating MS does, I've never talked to a 2k admin
> > (that I trust not to lie... newsgroups? ha!) that would claim they only
> > need to reboot their machine once or twice a year.
Here's one.
> Due to the intrinsic crappiness of MS software, and its
> chronic inability to cope with real world events, it happens
> that situations slowly build up so that finally you're
> forced to reboot. You're not dealing with random events, but
> with predictable ones. If you use statistics, you're wrong.
>
> Therefore if you succeed in keeping up 100 servers for 5
> days (which is not so bad for Win2k), and stop your test at
> the first crash, you may claim an average uptime of 500
> days, but it's not correct.
> The average uptime is just 5 days, because all the other 99
> will crash in a short time, for the same reason.
>
Do you really believe this? If the best you can do is keep W2k Server up
for 5 days then you have no business being anywhere near it. Perhaps being
in charge of a Playstation would be more appropriate.
regards,
nuxx.
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