Draft installfest flyer

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Fri Jul 29 14:07:25 UTC 2005


Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 01:22:56AM -0400, William Park wrote:
>>On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 01:03:36PM -0400, Colin McGregor wrote:
>>>I have found them ROCK SOLID reliable.
>>...
>>>In other words, yes I am a fan of FreeBSD, for set it, and ALMOST
>>>ignore it type server operations FreeBSD is great.
>>Could you not say the same thing for Linux as well?  
>>
>>Linux is more forgiving than Windows.  However, if you start with
>>quality hardwares, then Windows can run forever too.  Most Windows
>>crashes are due to crappy third-party drivers and crappier third-party
>>hardwares.
> 
> Quality hardware and drivers help, but certainly in my experience that
> still isn't enough to make windows run reliably for years without
> reboots and reinstalls fairly frequently.

You may recall a few years ago, when the U.S. air traffic control system
crashed.  Apparently, they had to reboot the computers occasionally, to
prevent an unscheduled crash (airplanes included <g>) and someone forgot
to perform the reboot.  They were running Windows.
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