From: Mike '/m' 

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:28:30 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"John Beckett" 
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>
>> I don't believe that stuff about continuous running = reliable for modern
>> components. Do you have any reason to believe this?
>
>It's scary rebooting web servers that almost never get rebooted. Because if
>anything is going to go wrong, that's usually when it rears it's ugly head.
>
>Think about it, when your computers have broken, was it that they wouldn't
>boot up or did they suddenly die while you were using them?

When the operating system was broken, it usually stops booting.

The computer, on the other hand, usually stops working on lightning strikes.  ;)

btw, the most recent hardware failure I experienced (one of the computers
at work) was the one that we leave on 24/7.

 /m

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