[plug] LINUX IS ONLY FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS

[Rob Hall]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf
> Of Leon Brooks
> Sent: 18 February 1999 13:10
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] LINUX IS ONLY FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS
> 
> 
> Rob Hall wrote:
> > I get service call after service call (good for business I guess) for
> > Windows boxes, and very rarely have to service a linux box.
> 
> My recent experience with PC's tends to suggest that not all Windows
> crashes are Windows' fault. (-:
> 
> Installing Linux reduced the crash rate on one box from six-to-twelve
> system lockups a day (with L2 cache disabled, more with it on) to one or
> two app crashes per day. A new motherboard (and CPU) reduced that to
> zero.
> 
> -- 

Very true...  Windows fault tolerance is up the creek.

Regards,


Rob Hall


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