Folks, Can we avoid starting yet another OS war here ? Jeff Binkley ASA Network Computing U>The ONE single thing that makes NT unuseable in critical applications U>is that you need to reboot it to make any system changes. U>Need to re-number a nic? Reboot. U>Need to upgrade some software? Reboot. U>The definition of mission critical would include "Maximum uptime". U>Needing to reboot to change a minor configuration item or add software U>is unbelievable. U>It's 1999 MS, can you please make an OS that you don't need to turn U>off in order to make a change. U>I run LINUX..... problem solved! U>Paul Farber U>Farber Technology U>farber@admin.f-tech.net U>Ph 570-628-5303 U>Fax 570-628-5545 U>On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Jeff Mcadams wrote: U>> Thus spake Ed U>> >Jeff wrote: "I believe it runs on NT, right? Which is enough to U>> >ensure that I won't ever try it." U>> >A good mix of NT and Unix (Linux) makes the best overall systems. U>> IMHO ;-) U>> I won't use NT anywhere that's even close to mission critical. U>> -- U>> Jeff McAdams Email: jeffm@iglou.com U>> Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 U>> IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456 U>> - U>> To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" U>> with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. U>> For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages U>> send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your U>> message. U>- U> To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" U> with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. U> For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send U> "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. CMPQwk 1.42 9999 - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.