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Date:      Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:10:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
To:        Pedro Timoteo <deh@meganet.pt>
Cc:        advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: top uptime!
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104201102580.17317-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
In-Reply-To: <0104201829431V.20864@dehumanizer.meganet.pt>

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On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Pedro Timoteo wrote:

> > It's very interesting to note which OS is *not* listed.
>
> I don't want to be TOO annoying, but could it be because the linux kernel 2.4
> is about 4 months old, and since then most people have upgraded to it,
> ruining their uptimes?

That doesn't make sense. If that was the case, then what about FreeBSD
people upgrading their FreeBSD kernels to the latest (and ruining their
uptimes)?

> I'm not saying that Linux is more stable (I know it isn't, I use both), but
> in this case I don't think the stability of Linux is fairly shown here.

I ran Linux 2.0.36 for 497 days. It had some known 497-day bug (jiffy
problem?) that crashed it with a kernel panic.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/


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