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To: cfimx who wrote (21465)	10/19/1999 6:55:00 PM
From: Prognosticator	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Pffft. Snrrf! Grrrnk!!! (suppressed choking laughter). Ok. So I have a Windows NT server running our proxy software over DSL. Yesterday, Pac-Bell's DSL is down, so I decide to install a good old analog modem on the system to act as its backup for future outages. I haul over to frys, and purchase a Zoom FaxModem. I then spent the next twelve hours (count them) trying to install and configure the modem. The intermediate result was that after applying service-pack 4 to try and correct crashes in the RAS service THE MACHINE WOULD NOT BOOT. Eventually, I was able to track down some Windows NT boot disks, and rebuild, but I could only install Windows NT workstation. At 1 am this morning, I finally had the machine working again. Microsoft server technology is a JOKE. Their error recovery is NON EXISTENT. Their easy-to-use user-interface makes it simple to get the machine into a NON BOOTABLE STATE. And I know what I'm doing (I was able to fix the system). One more interesting wrinkle, the ATDISK.SYS driver on the NT install disk #3 had got some bad sectors on it, which caused the NT boot loader to fail, and as I tried it on other NT machines they too blue-screened. A BAD FLOPPY DISK CAN BRING DOWN NT WORKSTATION, WITH A BSOD, WITH NO EFFORT. They day they take serious money away from Sun in the server market place will be the DAY I EAT MY CAR. By the end of 2000, there will be no MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY IN MY COMPANY. I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE IT! P.

To: cfimx who wrote (21465)	10/20/1999 1:10:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

msft says there are "monopoly" prices in enterprise server land. says they are about to bring some value to customers there. That's HARDWARE servers, twister. Software servers are like ...Apache. Hey- go to www.netcraft.com and look at the Apache marketshare line. Then look at the M$ and Netscrape line. You'll note that you need to stand on your tiptoes to see the Apache line, AND that the Netscrape line is going up at a faster rate than IIS. Now, didn't you just say that M$ commodity server software is growing at 60%? Imagine how fast everything ELSE is growing! -JCJ