[off-topic] Reboot will fix everything

[Kai]

Hahaa, it was only a matter of time before someone mentioned that, and as much as I agree with lack of stability, and the idea behind steps 1 to 6, considering the investments my employer has made with Microsoft and how regularly we get visits from Microsoft Australia regional managers, I think we're staying closed source for a long time to come!

With that in mind I find it funny to regularly hear "ah look, [service/app/front end platform] has [crashed/broken/stopped] again", my usual question is "why do we still use it if keeps breaking" to which the usual reply is "hey, we just work here, it's what we got and it aint changing anytime soon. You wanna do something about it, good luck sunshine".

I'm sure Microsoft's typical argument is their good ol' stance on TCO, well considering how much staff time is invested to put out fires that are caused by glitches in their software I think I can safely say "that myth is BUSTED!!".

Anyway, I'm gunna shut up now before my this email turns into a real rant :P

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From: "Paul Dean" <paul at thecave.ws>
To: off-topic at plug.org.au
Sent: Thursday, 15 March, 2012 11:35:31 AM GMT +10:00 Brisbane
Subject: Re: [off-topic] Reboot will fix everything

Mmmm, Reboot sure is a temporary fix for and inherent bigger problem the Windows OS has, lack of continued stability.

To really fix the windows "issue" in a few easy steps...

1. Download Linux distro of your choice.(I pref Debian...)
2. Burn to CD/DVD/USB, make sure it's boot able.
3. Backup/Copy critical data.(eg DNS ADS Trees, User accounts, SID/RID, etc)
4. Boot and install "windows viral eliminator".(Your linux distro)
5. Install Samba/OpenLDAP/Bind9.
6. End users none the wiser.
7. Long term stability and reliability achieved.

PS This is a real solution I've done many a time, while a little more config is required, the long term results far out weigh the grey/bald heads syndrome that windows gives.

PPS Just some fun fellas.... ;-)

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Thanks

Paul Dean.

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On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:06:02 +0800 (WST)
Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au> wrote:

>General observation in my workplace which is predominantly Windows
>environment, when a remote server's been up for a month or so and
>feedback is that logons and general performance is slow, first thing I
>hear the tech say is "we'll just give it a reboot, if that doesn't
>clean things up then we'll look further..."
>
>Is that a widespread attitude with Windows servers?
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