From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ip15.shellworld.net ([64.49.204.174] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HPnaw-0003HO-00 for ; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:29:50 -0500 Received: from [63.131.41.13] (ace@static-63-131-41-13.ind.onecommunications.net [63.131.41.13]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.13.1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id l29MTjEc046833 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:29:48 GMT (envelope-from ace@talkingirc.net) Message-ID: <45F1DFD7.2090704@talkingirc.net> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:29:43 -0500 From: ace Organization: TalkingIRC Network User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: An official slightly off topic anouncement References: <02ae01c75b48$aee318c0$4ba65c90@vv507j> <20070309171155.GJ4176@rednote.net> <20070309185645.GB21362@gmx.net> <20070309193247.GA27700@taylor.homelinux.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:29:50 -0000 [irc] $ uptime 5:22PM up 463 days, 12:26, 8 users, load averages: 0.05, 0.09, 0.09 [irc] $ How's that for an uptime? Erik Heil wrote: > Hello > A few months of uptime is nothing in the Linux world. I've seen boxes that > I personally have here been up for over 380 days of uptime. In fact, the > only reason why it was rebooted was do to massive power failures which is > obviously beyond my control. Given the upgrade of kernels, you obviously > can't count that against uptime. Honestly, I can't recommend Windows for > any sort of environment. Security concerns are way to numerous. Every > week, you hear about potential problems that may allow people to take > control of you're computer. Any real operating system would not have been > released with such glaring bugs. Just demonstrates that Microsoft is not > able to write stable software, and is more concerned with market share > than with quality of the end product. >