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On Jan 22, 2013 11:07 AM, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 01:36:55PM -0600, Dale wrote |
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> > Well, I have seen servers run for YEARS with no reboots. Most of those |
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> > admit, they don't upgrade them at all. One several years ago said he |
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> > hadn't even blew out the dust in that time. It was over 5 years since |
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> > he even logged into it. He kept his in a closet. One of those was on |
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> > the old show TheScreenSavers on Tech TV. |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/04/12/missing_novell_server_discovered_after/ |
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> Straight from Edgar Allen Poe |
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> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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The headline is misleading and too sensationalist... |
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The server had been performing well for years, so nobody actually missed |
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the server. Only after a network audit been performed did they realize that |
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the server -- which might even still be happily serving clients -- is |
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nowhere to be found. |
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Rgds, |
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