Re: Argh, Stray interrupts 2006

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:And the whole fanless, diskless moving parts BS
:is just so stupid I can't stand it. Its like a
:bunch of college kids sitting around thinking of
:things to complain about. The guy is using crap
:hardware, stripped down os and has to put all the
:design effort into shrinking everything down, and
:for what? To avoid one failure every 2-3 years?
:Its just plain stupid, both fiscally and from an
:engineering standpoint. The guy is still living
:in the MFM, $2 fan days. I have 1000s of systems
:in the field with like zero failures. Build the
:system right and modern hardware doesn't fail
:that easily.

    Thousands, eh?  So, million's of dollars and thousands of unspecified
    installed piece of equipment.  And, what is it EXACTLY that you do,
    Danial?  Because you don't seem to know the most basic facts about field
    installations and hardware longevity.

    But I certainly do.  I have equipment that has been operating at a
    major utility district at Lake Tahoe for 20 years.  Not 1 year, not
    2 years, not 5 years... *20* years, and I can tell you with some
    assurance that Fanless and Diskless makes a *HUGE* difference in
    hardware longevity and maintainance requirements.  Using a dedicated
    micro operating system also makes a huge difference when you need to
    measure uptime in years rather then months.  It is absolutely and most
    definitively *NOT* BS.

    In anycase, this is yet another ridiculous twisting of the facts.  You
    seem to twist facts quite often to fit your view of reality.  Maybe
    you should actually try *UNDERSTANDING* other people's viewpoints before
    you insult them.

						-Matt