I work for a small retailer and run a mixed environment. Red Hat and win 98 we also have an NT server. I believe that the servers, yes both, have been up and running for more than 7 months each. No problems with either OS except their inherent deficentcies. Lack of applications on Linux and Viruses on Windows. Charles Reynolds ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimi A. Adams" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:19 AM Subject: Re: Woohoo!!! > Well, well. Now it just seems like someone's joy is someone's thorn. I > believe that having a Windows machine up more than three days is a feat > beyond having a Linux server up a whole year. But then again, I also get a > warm fuzzy when my machine doesn't perform some type of screw up on a daily > basis. Those .dll files can be quite a pain in the neck. So, I would like > to put this into perspective. If you have a server that hasn't crashed or > stopped working or been accidentally reformatted at least once, then I > congratulate you with my whole heart and being. But, on Windows, whether > it needs it or not, we start from scratch every few months. No > notification needed, definitely no crying required. But then again, > notifications can be quite a preempt to a larger problem at hand. Wishing > well to those that have made it more than three days............ > > : ) > > Kimi > > At 11/21/01, you wrote: > >Wooho? Would you (if you could) set up a 'at' command to > >do something like this: > >'uptime | mail -s "See how well we are doing!" cfo@yourcompany.com' > > > >Doesn't look so impressive at that point does it? :-) > > > > > >On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 09:19:53AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > Digital Wokan wrote: > > > > > > > > I didn't think Windows had an uptime command. (If they did, it was > > > > apparently so shamefully low, they removed it from Win2K.) > > > > > > > > George Toft wrote: > > > > > > > > >I am not bashing Microsoft, but in a fit of glory, I must share > > > > >my elation. I have nursed my Windows box along to record heights > > > > >in uptime: > > > > > > > > > >============================================================= > > > > >Microsoft(R) Windows 98 > > > > > (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1998. > > > > > > > > > >C:\WINDOWS>uptime > > > > > 00:41:07 up 6 days, 5:17, 1 user > > > > >C:\WINDOWS> > > > > >============================================================= > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > I get very good uptimes from Windows NT 4.0 / SP6a - so that is not a > > > big deal - Windows 98 isn't very impressive. > > > > > > There is a Micosoft Windows Diagnostic Tool on Win98SE that will report > > > these things like uptime. > > > > > > Craig > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >________________________________________________ > >See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > >post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss