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[Peter L. Wargo]

Seen @ work today:

> In following some links having to do with software reliability and
> what our competition is doing, I ran across a press release from
> IBM that was issued last year.  It covered the release of a 2-4
> head server that runs Windows s/w.  Naturally it was full of 
> hype and talked about the features of the new product.  Here's
> a snippet:
> 
>     To address software problems, IBM is adding "software rejuvenation"
>     features that accommodate problems with Windows 2000 and Windows
>     NT.  Those operating systems gradually become less stable as
>     computing tasks that are supposed to be finished don't quite let go
>     of all the resources that they used, such as memory. For that
>     reason, many organizations periodically restart their Windows
>     machines.
> 
>     Right now, software rejuvenation means simply a feature that lets
>     Windows computers automatically restart themselves periodically. In
>     the fourth quarter, the servers will monitor the operating system
>     as well as several popular server software packages to judge more
>     intelligently when they need to be rebooted, Yost said.
> 
> Now that's a high-tech feature!

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