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to: Geo.
from: Gary Britt
date: 2007-03-04 14:22:44
subject: Re: The DST fiasco

From: Gary Britt 

I understand how they sync.  I was just wondering why some people are so
anal about snyc'd times and others like yourself don't seem to be?  In
other words what benefit if any is there to being so anal about sync'd
times network wide?

Gary

Geo. wrote:
> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> news:45ea0753$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I you not anal about having every computer on the network with the
>> exact same time?  I've worked places where they were extremely anal
>> about every computer must have the exact same time down to the second
>> so some computers syncing time other than off the domain controller
>> would have been a big no no?
>
> Ok so say you are really into sync'd times. If they all sync to the
> domain controller then you just need a program running on the DC that
> can sync to an atomic clock a few seconds past 2am on the 11th. Even if
> you have to hire someone to write it, I bet it would cost less than
> $4000 MS wants.
>
> Geo.

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