Comments on: Having Microsoft flashbacks http://blog.xcski.com/2008/04/21/having-microsoft-flashbacks Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:42:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/2008/04/21/having-microsoft-flashbacks#comment-87282 Paul Tomblin Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:46:10 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1327#comment-87282 Joe, you're never going to win the uptimes DSWs that way. One of the things I like about Debian versus RedHat is that it seems to do a much better job of updating things in place without rebooting the whole system. Joe, you’re never going to win the uptimes DSWs that way. One of the things I like about Debian versus RedHat is that it seems to do a much better job of updating things in place without rebooting the whole system.

]]> By: Joe D http://blog.xcski.com/2008/04/21/having-microsoft-flashbacks#comment-87281 Joe D Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:35:29 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1327#comment-87281 Yeah. When I update daemon/server processes on my Linux box, I'll reboot it, even though all I really need to do is start/stop the process in question. It's the only way to be CERTAIN that the init scripts are working correctly. Yeah. When I update daemon/server processes on my Linux box, I’ll reboot it, even though all I really need to do is start/stop the process in question.

It’s the only way to be CERTAIN that the init scripts are working correctly.

]]> By: Jen http://blog.xcski.com/2008/04/21/having-microsoft-flashbacks#comment-87232 Jen Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:51:20 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1327#comment-87232 Frequently, making people reboot is the only way to be sure they're really quitting and restarting the browser. Sometimes it's a "penalty reboot." Frequently, making people reboot is the only way to be sure they’re really quitting and restarting the browser.

Sometimes it’s a “penalty reboot.”

]]> By: Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/2008/04/21/having-microsoft-flashbacks#comment-87201 Paul Tomblin Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:27:10 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1327#comment-87201 I can see having to restart all your web browsers, and maybe anything that's got a pseudo-browser in it, like iTunes. But it seems to me that they've taken the lazy way out and rather than trying to restart the affected apps, or telling people to restart them, they just said "fuck it, if we reboot we *know* they've restarted the apps. I can see having to restart all your web browsers, and maybe anything that’s got a pseudo-browser in it, like iTunes. But it seems to me that they’ve taken the lazy way out and rather than trying to restart the affected apps, or telling people to restart them, they just said “fuck it, if we reboot we *know* they’ve restarted the apps.

]]> By: The other J. http://blog.xcski.com/2008/04/21/having-microsoft-flashbacks#comment-87191 The other J. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:16:22 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1327#comment-87191 It's probably not just updating Safari, but also WebKit libraries. I've always thought that Apple has just as much potential to be evil as Microsoft, but less opportunity. Now that Macs are regaining popularity, just you wait to see what comes out of Cupertino. It’s probably not just updating Safari, but also WebKit libraries.

I’ve always thought that Apple has just as much potential to be evil as Microsoft, but less opportunity. Now that Macs are regaining popularity, just you wait to see what comes out of Cupertino.

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