Re: Anybody besides me notice?

Joe Pluta wrote:

From: Peter Dow (ML)

No, Joe, that's what Walden mentioned that you never answered.  What I
asked was, is there any quantitative evidence that OS/400 is getting
less stable one way or the other.  And if so, what would that evidence
be?  Number of PTFs issued after a new release?  Number of PMRs opened
by Rob after a new release?  Number of emails on this list complaining
about problems after a new release?

Here's a measure: how many megabytes of Windows patches do you download on
any given week?  Compare that to the PTFs for i5/OS.  I don't know what the
comparison works out to, but it's something you could do.

And as you say, there is a similar question for hardware.  It would be
nice if we had actual numbers rather than stories on this list about who
had to replace what, although that does give a feel for it.  Wasn't
there a large batch of 10K or maybe 17K drives that had problems?

How about this: what percentage of Windows servers installed in the year
2001 are still running?  I'd be amazed if you found one.  I know it doesn't
answer your question, but it seems like you're fishing when you point to a
single five-year old incident.  How many Windows servers have gone casters
up in that time frame?

Joe