From: af380 AT chebucto DOT ns DOT ca (Norman L. DeForest)
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Subject: Re: FreeWin95 Project
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Date: 19 Feb 1997 06:02:53 GMT
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Terry Richards (trs AT idt DOT net) wrote:
: Todd A. Fiedler wrote:
: :> This idiot must not have to actually manage NT servers. We run a few
: :> applications on our NT servers that cost us a lot of money when not
: :> available. You might call them mission critical. If I installed the NT
: :> 4.0 service pack 2 on my servers (assuming I was dumb enough to upgrade
: :> to 4.0) and then my servers crapped out to that wonderful "blue screen
: :> of death", as MANY people experienced, I would probably NOT be a very
: :> happy person. It is conceivable that I would be an UNEMPLOYED, not very
: :> happy person. So before you Microsoft slapheads start spouting about a
: :> dozen or so bugs NOT being a big deal, maybe you should have to stake
: :> your livelihood on that code.

: Anybody who runs apps *that* critical and doesn't try *any* upgrade on a
: test machine first is on very shaky ground calling somebody else an
: idiot. 

: Terry Richards
: Terry Richards Software

That wouldn't help much.  On this other machine, how do you simulate the 
network load that will be on the operational system.  The only SURE test 
would be to duplicate your entire system and install the upgrade on that.
Then simulate the same load that is on the working system.

Of course, to do that you would need twice as many computers as you now 
have and would have to double your site licence to allow installing ALL 
of your applications on the duplicate system.  Then you need staff to use 
those systems to give them the same load as the working system.  Oh, and 
you need a few extra printers to provide for simulated network printing 
and you need . . . .  

Can you spell $$$$$$$$$$$$$ ?

		Norman De Forest
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