[huskerlug] Way OT.

No I'm the one that keeps complaining about how off topic it is.

The thread should be dead.

> On Thursday 24 July 2003 10:41 pm, you wrote:
>> This is most definitely off topic for this list.  Please take it off
>> list.
>
> Your right... it is.    Didn't you bring the subject up?
>
>>
>> > On Thursday 24 July 2003 07:54 pm, you wrote:
>> >> Thanks!  I think...?
>> >
>> > Your welcome.  What those statistics show is that all Windows=3D20
>> platforms have about the same level of stability:
>> >
>> >
>> > W98         50315/2430 =3D3D20.7
>> > W98SE "A"   155312/7223=3D3D21.5
>> > WinME       83258/4234 =3D3D19.7
>> > NT4 SP6     9353/481   =3D3D19.4
>> > W2K SP3     28258/974  =3D3D29.0
>> > XP 5.1.2600 38112/1453 =3D3D26.2
>> > XP          37629/2250 =3D3D16.6
>> >             XP Avg     =3D3D20.5
>> >
>> > Overall average 402237/19045=3D3D21.1
>> >
>> > So, what does this say about WinXX improving in stability as
>> > one=3D20 "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=3D20 believe it.  At work I ran Win95, Win98, NT4 and
>> now Win2K Pro.  They=3D20 were all pretty crash prone, and W2K Pro
>> is no exception.  Using=3D20 WinXX you learn to do some things to
>> help increase your uptime --=3D20 reboot every morning, reboot after
>> any kind of program crash, never=3D20 have very many apps open at
>> the same time, don't do anyting else when=3D20 you are burning a CD,
>> save documents every 5 minutes while editing=3D20 them,  scandisk
>> and defrag every week.   When in doubt ---
>> > reboot. =3D46inally, once the crashing gets to be more than you want
>> to tollerate=3D20 have your hardware guy reformat the HD and
>> reinstall WinXX from=3D20 scratch.   And my last piece of advice ---
>> NEVER, I SAY NEVER=3D20 'upgrade' to XP.  To do so is to give
>> Microsoft ownership of your PC.
>> >
>> > "Windows XP Shows the Direction Microsoft is Going." -=3D20
>> > 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=3D20 "Medi-Kit" which was supposed to make things more
>> stable.  Between=3D20 the day I bought it and May 5th, 1997 I had to
>> reinstall the entire=3D20 OS FIVE TIMES, about once per month.=20 It
>> crashed incessantly, at=3D20 least once an hour.  That is what drove
>> me to look for another OS.  I=3D20 had used OS/2 and was considering
>> returning to it.  I went to=3D20 Barns&Nobel to see what the latest
>> on the OS/2 was, and discovered a=3D20 book by Sams Pub. called
>> "Learn Linux in 24 hours".  It included a CD=3D20 with RH 5.0 on it.
>>  I had nothing to loose by trying an OS that
>> > came=3D20 free with a book that cost $25.  It took me 30 hours to
>> learn Linux,=3D20 but but I was hooked.  BTW, that Sony, running RH
>> 5.0 never crashed=3D20 once from May to September.  I switched to
>> SuSE 5.3 in Sept of 97 and=3D20 stayed with SuSE till this March,
>> when I switched to Mandrake 8.2. =3D20 In Feb of 2000 I got a new 1
>> GHz Athlon with 500MB of RAM and two 30GB=3D20 HDs.  Linux has never
>> crashed once on this PC.
>> >
>> >> --- GrayGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> > On Thursday 24 July 2003 03:01 pm, you wrote:
>> >> > > These are folks who work very hard to pay for
>> >> >
>> >> > their
>> >> >
>> >> > > hardware, and questions about them tossing all
>> >> >
>> >> > their
>> >> >
>> >> > > MS licenses in the trash are not waht we want
>> >> >
>> >> > bandied
>> >> >
>> >> > > about...
>> >> > > We want them to make clear decisions based upon
>> >> >
>> >> > some
>> >> >
>> >> > > credible equipment records, facts.  It is too easy
>> >> >
>> >> > to
>> >> >
>> >> > > collect all the news clippings, into a large pile,
>> >> > > that support the overall security of one OS over
>> >> >
>> >> > the
>> >> >
>> >> > > other 140+ that have proven stable a lot longer...
>> >> > > They are seeking actual equipment longevity
>> >> > > statistics.
>> >> > > based upon a large base of use.
>> >> >
>> >> > OK.  Facts.
>> >> > Compare the #computers vs #crashes for the various
>> >> > M$ platforms at=3D3D20
>> >> > 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=3D3D20
>> >> > box.
>> >>
>> >> =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D
>> >> Patrick
>> >> Linux User #65411 http://lugww.counter.li.org
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