I remember talking with one of the Program Managers for Win2K Server about the time it was released. He told me that when they tested NT, they would always shut the thing down at night...it was never tested over long periods. Stability was at the top of the list for Win2K, even if it meant sacrificing compatability. While Win2K is better than NT, it still has its problems in this area.


>Slashdot has a link to a Microsoft whitepaper that lists the problems with Windows and the good aspects of Unix.
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>http://www.securityoffice.net/mssecrets/hotmail.html
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>"Reboot as an expectation. Windows operations still involves too many reboots. Sometimes they are unnecessary, but operators reboot a system rather than take the time to debug it. For example, a service may be hung, and rather than take the time to find and fix the problem, it is often more convenient to reboot. By contrast, UNIX administrators are conditioned to quickly identify the failing service and simply restart it; they are helped in this by the greater transparency of UNIX and the small number of interdependencies. Some reboots are demanded by an application installation, and are not strictly necessary."