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To: Steve Lee who wrote (94622)	12/26/1999 9:49:00 PM
From: ProDeath	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

I would agree that the configuration you describe is a pretty good low-to-midrange solution, save for one thing, and that is the Windows component. I work with some large unix systems ( HP and Sun mostly ) as well as quite a few Wintel servers ( Compaq ) and the Wintel boxes are definitely challenged in the reliability and manageability areas. Nowhere is this more evident than in the all-too-frequent requirement of a system restart to resolve problems. Remote access over slow links is another area in which NT is sure to aggrevate any administrator or DBA who has business to take care of. I also find the claim that support staff requirements are greater with Unix questionable. I would grant that it is harder to find good Unix admins than to find someone who is fresh out of some "two weeks to an MSCE" program. Viewed as a whole, Microsoft has given its users the most labor-intensive computing architecture ever devised; it makes a joke of the term automation. None of this in any way should reflect on the Intel-based hardware. The Compaqs that you mention are fine devices and deserve something better than the tainted code base of NT. Perhaps Linux is a viable alternative; it certainly beats the crap out of NT when it comes to reliability and cumulative uptime.