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Back to the uptime, from whence this sprouted.  On that seed, XP fails 
miserably.  If Bill has not updated his system, its not because the fixes 
were not available from the vendor.  The XP vulnerabilities, and we all know 
they are there, will be fixed when the vendor decides it is profitable for 
their shareholders.  I think that trumps any so-called uptime stability.

On Monday 11 March 2002 19:44, you wrote:
> When I see numbers like that, I cringe.  Just looking over the
> last couple months, these kernel-related SecurityFocus BugTraq
> advisories have been issued:
> - 02.03.026
> - 02.04.004
> - 02.04.030
> - 02.09.021
> (a nice blend of information leakage, DoS attacks, and root exploits).
>
> With an uptime that large, I'm betting you have not patched your
> kernel lately :)  A large uptime is not necessarily a good thing.
>
> George
>
> Bill Warner wrote:
> > #uptime
> > 5:31pm  up 419 days, 21:59,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> >
> > talk to me when you get close to this.  (and it is just not busy right
> > now becase its after 5pm)
> >
> > Bill Warner
> >
> > On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 15:51, George Toft wrote:
> > > My wife's shiny new computer, with Windows XP preloaded, had to
> > > be rebooted this weekend after an appalling 60 days of uptime.
> > > Look out Linux, it looks like Microsoft is on to something.  Now
> > > all I have to do is figure out how my son can play his games
> > > without being an administrator.
> > >
> > > George
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