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Hello Roy - 

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RJT>> (Switching consoles on linux box) 

RJT>> Uptime: 209 days, 15:17. 

RJT>> (Flipping other monitor on, checking that one) 

RJT>> Uptime 132 days, 3:27. 

RJT>> That'll change fairly soon, though -- I have to shut down
RJT>> that second box one of these days, stick another HD in
RJT>> there (I just  got done testing a 10G drive somebody sent
RJT>> me), put a SCSI card in there to support the scanner, and
RJT>> pull the sound card out, putting it in the first box. And
RJT>> editing the necessary control files, too. 

RJT>> Those times would be a lot longer than that if I weren't
RJT>> fiddling with the hardware from time to time, and if I
RJT>> had a decent UPS that would support these machines when
RJT>> the thunderstorms roll through here in the spring and
RJT>> summer. Working on it... :-) 

CA>> I've had W2K uptimes of over 4 months but as you say, I
CA>> tweak and install software that require a reboot. I do
CA>> think this W2K install could do uptimes to match *NIX
CA>> machines. It is very sturdy in use and no BSODs for a long
CA>> long time now. 

RJT> Yeah, but you gotta admit that isn't typical, not by a
RJT> long shot... :-) 

I don't really know how typical my W2K install is but my guess
would be that for those who are knowledgeable and do some
tweaking W2K is much the same as it is for me? 

The level of expertise for Linux users vs Windows users is
probably going to favor the Linux users. Average users have
unstable systems regardless what OS is installed on their
machines (my opinion). 

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