RE: The future of computing

I had to reboot my 720 web server a couple weeks ago.  The As/400 is not
"reboot proof".  It hadn't been down for a couple months, but still.  My
linux box at home never is shut down.  come to thing of it, neither are my
three M$ boxes either.  :)

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Franz [mailto:franz400@triad.rr.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:12 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: The future of computing
> 
> 
> if you haven't seen the "It Exists" video, it explains why 
> pretty clearly.
> The world does not know there is a better solution.
> If you grew up re-booting your desktop, you've been indoctrinated.
> http://www.ignite400.org/html/real/it_exists56.htm
> 
> spread the word...
> jim
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Rehm" <javadisciple@earthlink.net>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:22 PM
> Subject: Re: The future of computing
> 
> 
> > But I thought they'd just rush to the stage where they 
> announced that this
> > was a "Feature" and the "Extended Uptime" version would be 
> released in a
> > future upgrade at modest cost.
> >
> > Humor aside, isn't it nuts that this is what is taking turf 
> from AS/400s?
> > What MIS man in his right mind makes that choice? Okay, I 
> understand that
> > the guy _working_ for Microsoft are pretty much obligated 
> to use their
> > products and that applies in this case. But outside of that 
> arena, "What
> > were they thinking?"
> >
> > Chris Rehm
> > javadisciple@earthlink.net
> > If you believe that the best technology wins the
> > marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Urbanek, Marty" <Marty_Urbanek@stercomm.com>
> > To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 5:47 PM
> > Subject: RE: The future of computing
> >
> >
> > > Give them a chance. It has only been down 7 days. 
> Rebooting is only the
> > > first step in Microslug recovery strategy. Next, I think standard
> > procedure
> > > is to reinstall the operating system and application 
> software and see if
> > > that fixes the problem. ;-)
> > >
> >
> >
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