I crashed Linux

[linuxguy at ici.net]

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> BLU server:
> tarnhelm.blu.org [1] uptime
>   7:25am  up 126 days, 14:23,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> And that is only because we moved it. from Boston to Marlborough. In the 

Back in the "OLD" days (that's 1993 for me ;-) we considered >352 days to
be cool.  Not amazing, but cool!

I don't believe that most environments would profit from systems that
stay up that long anymore, especially now since UNIX is more common,
and kernel/lib patches are released much more frequently.  Also I
consider the risks of internet exposure are higher today and admins
need to stay ontop of security fixes.

I border on considering it irresponsible if professional admins brag too
much of such uptimes now-a-days.

- christoph

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