CHARLES ANGELICH wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

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

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

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

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

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