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> Must control reply on off topic thread ... arggg ... too late ...

:-)

> > Some Linux and BSD users have boasted uptimes on the order of a year.
> 
> Documented - a VAX/VMS system stayed up for 14 YEARS without reboot.
> Call me when you go over 10 years.

To bring it back on topic, delorie.com, the DJGPP home server we all
know and love, has been up 293 days.  I've even updated the operating
system a couple of times during that time, without rebooting.  It has
a SmartUPS 1000 which can keep it running for about an hour during
power failures, and I have a gas generator for longer blackouts.  It
serves on the order of a gig or two of data (web+mail+etc) every day.
Last summer I borrowed the monitor to get a new machine running, and
the monitor is still sitting in my office.

My DJGPP development machine has been up 93 days.  IIRC I had to
install a custom kernel.  My work machine has been up 52 days.

Heck, even my laptop has been up for 161 days.