[NTLUG:Discuss] Hi, all

Kenneth Loafman ken at lt.com
Fri Oct 25 08:04:55 CDT 2002


Sean Cook wrote:
> * greg at nas-inet.com [2002.10.25 03:54]:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>Sorry, but I'm going to have to correct you here.  Yes Windows dominates 
>>the desktop but only represents about 2% of the industry as a whole. 
>>When you look at the entire computing industry you'll find MS is a very 
>>small player.  Not many digital switches run NT and you won't find XP or 
>>98 anywhere in your car.  And thank goodness ME doesn't control any 747 
>>or F-16 cockpits.  How many NT clusters do you find on the Top 500 
>>Supercomputers list?
> 
> 
> </snip>
> 
> This is not in production, and is still just a concept car...but Volvo
> apparently tried to place 98 in this car
> 
> http://msnbc.com/news/781431.asp?cp1=1
> 

Now *that's* scary!

With 5 computers running Windows 98, what would the MTBF (or MTBB, Mean 
Time Between Boots) be?  Could you go to the store and back?

...Ken






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