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To: Tony Viola who wrote (138037)	6/25/2001 1:39:09 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony - Re: "Sounds like as much a vote of confidence for Microsoft as for Intel. Stratus " That's a good point. Maybe Microsoft is finally making it into the upper echelons of OS reliability at the Enterprise level. Re: "As for AMD, if half the rumors of Athlon crashes are true, a system based on them would probably get you about a 1/2 a nine...during a good week. " CrackServer and Jack-In-The-Boxx don't seem to mind - after all - they are cheap ! Paul

To: Tony Viola who wrote (138037)	6/25/2001 8:30:12 AM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 186894

Re: a vote of confidence for Microsoft as for Intel. Stratus has been making ultra high reliability machines for years, like Tandem. This is the first I can remember of that type that uses Microsoft. Until Microsoft stops releasing several mandatory patches per month, each of which requires an immediate re-boot of the system to make them effective, it isn't going to be a player in this market. A correctly administered Windows 2000 systems will rarely go more than a few weeks without a re-boot, effectively a controlled system crash, that's required for security patch installation. Dan