Howard, you trolling? ;) Define "leaky" ;) Potential security hacks - yes. Memory leaks - no more so than linux. If it wasn't for Microsoft patching, Windows 2003/2008 servers are fairly impressive compared to their earlier attempts. However, the Microsoft patches do make rebooting Windows servers almost necessary every month (or so). Unless you take a hands off approach to patching Windows *shudder*..... Chris -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Latham Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:51 AM To: mcdonald.connor@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: uptime Windoze is leaky. Once a month reboot is almost mandatory. Linux on the other hand 364 days one of my servers! -- Howard A. Latham -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l