Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:32:51 -0500 From: Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using samba for backups Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20040313104947.14d6d920@pop.face2interface.com> In-Reply-To: <200403131404.42487.anubis357@optusnet.com.au> References: <6.0.0.22.0.20040309174210.21cd7918@pop.face2interface.com> <200403131404.42487.anubis357@optusnet.com.au>
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At 11:04 PM 3/12/2004, anubis wrote: >The problem I can see is that you may have problems with attributes. Not to mention file name incompatibilities. It's a great solution for what I use it for now which is running textpad as my editor and Netscape with a shell session or two on my XP workstation developing web software running on a nix box. But I'm also learning a line needs to be drawn between convenience and creating needless headaches. >I have trouble trying to not think of my bsd boxes in terms of windows >reliability. Once started the bsd boxes just keep on trucking. I'm finding that with my 3 nix boxes too, and it's pretty amazing to me considering how much of a newbie I still am. >At then end of the month we laugh and chant the quote from a MS >employee. "We are seeing crazy uptimes of 30+ days now" There was an article around a couple of years ago I think about some disgruntled MS employee who put code into W95 to make it crash after 41 days or something.The funny part of course was how nobody interviewed could even imagine a 95 box staying up that long. Marty Landman Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Web Installed Formmailer: http://face2interface.com/Products/Formal.shtml FormATable DB: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml Make a Website: http://face2interface.com/Home/Demo.shtml
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