Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:17:23 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Glenn Johnson <gljohns@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help in convincing management not to supplant Unix with NT Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9808101006250.9878-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199808090309.WAA00774@gforce.bellsouth.net>
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On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Glenn Johnson wrote:
> Over the last 4 months, the AIX machine that the
> previous Network Administrator setup has been running happily without any
> intervention, while the NT servers have crashed at least twice a month. I
> personally have six FreeBSD machines (workstation usage) that have been running
> without any problems; but this does not seem to be enough evidence.
>
IMHO, this is where you should attack the situation. How valuable is
uptime to your management? What happens if it crashes just as a long
weekend starts? How generous can they afford to be with overtime pay?
--
Jonathan Chen
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