>> Exact the situations, where NT falls over it's own bootstraps.
> This is the problem. Win95/Win98/WinNT has to be rebooted a
> dozen times just to install a new software package or piece of
> hardware. And everyone gets used to the idea that changing
> anything (dial-up networking, etc) means a "you must now reboot
> windows for your changes to take effect."
I remember seeing the following message somewhere, but can't think
where...
Q> Windows has detected that your mouse has moved. To implement
Q> this change, it is necessary to reboot.
Somebody PLEASE tell me that Windows isn't really THAT bad !!!
> Unix/Linux isn't like that...
> fortunately...
Very true - uptime currently at 141 days on one of my systems, which
is running kernel 2.2.2 quite happily...
Best wishes from Riley.
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| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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* ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
* http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
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