Re: [MLUG] Win 2003 Vs Linux (from Discussion)

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Jerry Gamblin wrote:

> On 6/7/06, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>
> > It might be that the HAL developers are very active and they are making 
> > many small improvements in the HAL, but unless you are having problems 
> > with stability or security, you don't have to update the HAL.  That's 
> > my best guess.  I would update the HAL once every several months unless 
> > they suggested that a new update was important.
>
> If you use the same logic for windows most people might install one out 
> of four patches that are released after checking to see if that effects 
> them.  The majority of people will do what I do and just apply all the 
> updates that come out "just to be on the safe side".


I see your point.  If it's just a desktop machine, it might be easier to 
reboot it than to figure out if it is worth rebooting it.  In a server 
environment there are a lot more reasons not to reboot than on a desktop. 
You might have an average of 30 people running jobs at any time and you 
might not want to kill all those jobs.  My comments originally were more 
about a server environment where you have a sys admin taking care of 
everything.  I think the original article was about that too.

Mike

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