[huskerlug] Re: Backups

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> On Thursday 24 July 2003 07:54 pm, you wrote:
>> Thanks!  I think...?
>
> Your welcome.  What those statistics show is that all Windows=20
> platforms have about the same level of stability:
>
>
> W98         50315/2430 =3D20.7
> W98SE "A"   155312/7223=3D21.5
> WinME       83258/4234 =3D19.7
> NT4 SP6     9353/481   =3D19.4
> W2K SP3     28258/974  =3D29.0
> XP 5.1.2600 38112/1453 =3D26.2
> XP          37629/2250 =3D16.6
>             XP Avg     =3D20.5
>
> Overall average 402237/19045=3D21.1
>
> So, what does this say about WinXX improving in stability as one=20
> "progressed" from Win95 through Win98, NT5, W2K and finally XP?
> Little if any real improvement.  They all were/are pretty wobbley.
> Everybody who runs XP claims it is really stable for them.  I don't=20
> believe it.  At work I ran Win95, Win98, NT4 and now Win2K Pro.  They=20
> were all pretty crash prone, and W2K Pro is no exception.  Using=20
> WinXX you learn to do some things to help increase your uptime --=20
> reboot every morning, reboot after any kind of program crash, never=20
> have very many apps open at the same time, don't do anyting else when=20
> you are burning a CD, save documents every 5 minutes while editing=20
> them,  scandisk and defrag every week.   When in doubt --- reboot.
> =46inally, once the crashing gets to be more than you want to
> tollerate=20 have your hardware guy reformat the HD and reinstall WinXX
> from=20 scratch.   And my last piece of advice --- NEVER, I SAY NEVER=20
> 'upgrade' to XP.  To do so is to give Microsoft ownership of your PC.
>
> "Windows XP Shows the Direction Microsoft is Going." -=20
> http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm
>
>
>
> I purchased a new Sony Vaio on Dec 29th, 1996.
> It came with Win95 installed.  Sony had installed something called a=20
> "Medi-Kit" which was supposed to make things more stable.  Between=20
> the day I bought it and May 5th, 1997 I had to reinstall the entire=20
> OS FIVE TIMES, about once per month.  It crashed incessantly, at=20
> least once an hour.  That is what drove me to look for another OS.  I=20
> had used OS/2 and was considering returning to it.  I went to=20
> Barns&Nobel to see what the latest on the OS/2 was, and discovered a=20
> book by Sams Pub. called "Learn Linux in 24 hours".  It included a CD=20
> with RH 5.0 on it.  I had nothing to loose by trying an OS that came=20
> free with a book that cost $25.  It took me 30 hours to learn Linux,=20
> but but I was hooked.  BTW, that Sony, running RH 5.0 never crashed=20
> once from May to September.  I switched to SuSE 5.3 in Sept of 97 and=20
> stayed with SuSE till this March, when I switched to Mandrake 8.2. =20
> In Feb of 2000 I got a new 1 GHz Athlon with 500MB of RAM and two
> 30GB=20 HDs.  Linux has never crashed once on this PC.
>
>>
>> --- GrayGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Thursday 24 July 2003 03:01 pm, you wrote:
>> > > These are folks who work very hard to pay for
>> >
>> > their
>> >
>> > > hardware, and questions about them tossing all
>> >
>> > their
>> >
>> > > MS licenses in the trash are not waht we want
>> >
>> > bandied
>> >
>> > > about...
>> > > We want them to make clear decisions based upon
>> >
>> > some
>> >
>> > > credible equipment records, facts.  It is too easy
>> >
>> > to
>> >
>> > > collect all the news clippings, into a large pile,
>> > > that support the overall security of one OS over
>> >
>> > the
>> >
>> > > other 140+ that have proven stable a lot longer...
>> > > They are seeking actual equipment longevity
>> > > statistics.
>> > > based upon a large base of use.
>> >
>> > OK.  Facts.
>> > Compare the #computers vs #crashes for the various
>> > M$ platforms at=3D20
>> > this WINDOWS website.
>>
>> http://www.bugtoaster.com/dw15/Reports/OperatingSystems.asp
>>
>> > You will see that the average per unit of time is
>> > about 18 +-3 per=3D20
>> > box.
>>
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>> Patrick
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