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[donh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Don Hansford)]

Don Edwards wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 30 May 2000, Chris.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Visual Studio installed, everything except SQL Server.  Kind of hard to do much
> N-tier without a database server.
> 
> So, what do I have this box for?

Experience :-)

I have two systems running at home, both Cyrix MII, same (DFI) mobos.
The Win2K one bombs about 4-6 times a day (sometimes while just running
a standard screensaver!), The Linux one never stops. Tried (for a bit of
comic relief) changing hard-drives over, to see if there was a problem
with the Win machine hardware. Exactly the same results, W2K crashing
repeatedly, Linux steady as! All the Win experts keep telling me that
the Cyrix is the problem. I reply that it is reliable under Linux, and
for the six months I was running FreeBSD on it, I had no problems. Both
systems mention the "stepping" routine in the config for the Cyrix, but
it seems that only one has it right. Personally, I'll stick to the one
that works. If I didn't need access to a Win box for work, I would be on
a 100% M$-free diet!


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Regards Don Hansford
ECKYTECH COMPUTING
Surfing the Net (without crashing)
With SuSE 6.4 Linux (Thanx Linus!)
"Microsoft democratised the computer market and served as a catalyst
in making computers available to everybody. Later, however, they did 
as many revolutionaries do -- they became dictators. History has 
taught us the inevitable fate of dictators."

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