Operating System discussions tend to turn into religious arguments, and it's really really old, so can we end this here? :) I run Win2K RC2 Pro (aka workstation, not server) at home, but I also run my ISP on FreeBSD, and run FreeBSD, MacOS, NeXTSTEP and even OpenVMS/VAX and a little Linux at home, so... they're all good in their own ways. Mike Andrews (MA12) * mandrews@dcr.net * http://www.bit0.com/ VP, sysadmin, & network guy, Digital Crescent Inc, Frankfort KY Internet services for Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Owenton, & Shelbyville "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine." -- RFC 1925 On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Ed wrote:
Windows 2000 RC2 requires reboot only on major changes. IP and software changes need no reboot. So yes that's coming.
We are fairly impressed by the changes.
Ed
----- Original Message ----- From: farber@admin.f-tech.net To: usr-tc@lists.xmission.com Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 1:28 PM Subject: Re: (usr-tc) CommWorks
The ONE single thing that makes NT unuseable in critical applications is that you need to reboot it to make any system changes.
Need to re-number a nic? Reboot.
Need to upgrade some software? Reboot.
The definition of mission critical would include "Maximum uptime". Needing to reboot to change a minor configuration item or add software is unbelievable.
It's 1999 MS, can you please make an OS that you don't need to turn off in order to make a change.
I run LINUX..... problem solved!
Paul Farber Farber Technology farber@admin.f-tech.net Ph 570-628-5303 Fax 570-628-5545
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Jeff Mcadams wrote:
Thus spake Ed
Jeff wrote: "I believe it runs on NT, right? Which is enough to ensure that I won't ever try it."
A good mix of NT and Unix (Linux) makes the best overall systems. IMHO ;-)
I won't use NT anywhere that's even close to mission critical. -- Jeff McAdams Email: jeffm@iglou.com Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456
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