Re: The future of computing

> Are YOU willing to bet your MISSION CRITICAL infrastructure on Microsoft??

...and yet our own Pentagon put NT servers on battleships
(back in '98 http://www.info-sec.com/OSsec/OSsec_080498g_j.shtml

jim

The correct way to roll NT out is out the door and into the nearest Dempster
Dumpster or other large waste receptacle.
Mike Andrews




----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Mangham" <randy.mangham@home.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 10:28 PM
Subject: RE: The future of computing


> To those on this list who would call some of us "Microsoft bashers" when
we
> share these horror stories:
>
> Are YOU willing to bet your MISSION CRITICAL infrastructure on Microsoft??
> Can you just IMAGINE the credit/debit card authorization systems being
down
> for SEVEN days? Or how about the national and international bank funds
> transfer systems???
>
> I could share many stories of my clients who have suffered horrible
> downtime with MS based systems that were designed and installed by
> (supposedly) the best consulting firms in the world including MS's own
> consultancy. (Of course, let us not even mention Oracle for downtime!)
>
> Randy Mangham
> Pacific Crest Consulting
> San Diego CA
>
> >Oh, yeah, I'm getting great images of MS network guys calling MS support
> >guys and getting told "well, start by reinstalling...". Justice!
> >
> >On Mon, 09 July 2001, "Urbanek, Marty" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > 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. ;-)
> > >
> > > -------------- original message ----------------
> > >
> > > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:54:28 -0700
> > > From: "Chris Rehm" <javadisciple@earthlink.net>
> > > Subject: The future of computing
> > >
> > > http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eByE0BXoDZ0U0dFt0Av
> > >
> > > I pretty much think this is the future of our mission critical
systems. It
> > > really shocks me that they'd get to a point where they'd have to
reboot a
> > > network in commercial service. It impresses me that this didn't work.
>
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