[Am-info] Boston Globe piece this AM

[Geoffrey]

Erick Andrews wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 07:31:37 -0700, T. Guilbert wrote:
> 
> 
>>In a message dated 2002 July 29 (Monday), timestamp 08:43 AM, 
>>  on the topic [Am-info] Boston Globe piece this AM,
>>  "Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net> wrote:
>>
>>"|Microsoft poised to lead .Net shift 
>>
>>"|http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/210/business/Microsoft_poised_to_lead_Net_shiftP.shtml
>>
>>   Still, with Linux, an open-source alternative that operates many 
>>   server computers, still too unreliable for average PC users, 
>>   customers have little alternative but to stick with Microsoft.
>>
>>   "There are plenty of customers who are irritated and want to go 
>>   away from Microsoft, but they recognize and admit that they have 
>>   no options," said Al Gillen, a research director with IDC, the 
>>   Framingham-based market research firm. 
>>
>Too unreliable?

Shows their true ignorance doesn't it.  Uptime totals for my two firewalls:

3:27pm  up 200 days, 17:09,  2 users,  load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00

2:14pm  up 212 days, 22:51,  1 user,  load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00

I'd say that's pretty reliable.  I was looking back to see why they may 
have been reboot 200+ days ago, and noted I upgraded both OS's around 
that time, so they had to be rebooted. :)

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