Slow at lunchtimes...

[GregE240]

Good lad. Windows Server 2003, anyone?

[PetrolTed]

...but not for much longer. New database server just purchased.

[PetrolTed]

Not yet. This is no time to start experimenting!

[GregE240]

Where's your sense of adventure?

C'mon, its only going to be a member server. And I haven't installed it in anger yet!

[CarZee]

GregE240 said:I haven't installed it in anger yet!

I haven't even got the CD out of the packet and I'm angry already

WTF do we need Win2003 for anyway??

There must be only the 3 biggest companies in the world that could really use it. The rest of us just get to spend another trillion quid on licenses, training, documentation, rollouts, patches, regressions, premier support, downtime for absolutely sod all benefit.

:GetmeoutofITnow!!!:

[Bodo]

CarZee said: ... The rest of us just get to spend another trillion quid on licenses, training, documentation, rollouts, patches, regressions, premier support, downtime for absolutely sod all benefit.

:GetmeoutofITnow!!!:

Time to switch to open source then

>> Edited to add hint

>> Edited by Bodo on Wednesday 11th June 00:41

[GregE240]

Bodo, you old hippy, you

CarZ - chill mate, there won't be a new server product until at least 2007, so I'm told (by MS)

[pdV6]

Ah yes, but as CZ says, there'll be a constant stream of service packs & security 'fixes' for the next 4 years then...

[beano500]

Not easing off on the lunchtime pies are we????

[hut49]

It's been v slow all morning. Average refresh time at the moment is around 8 secs on my broadband connection (just like the old 14.4 modem days!). Does the new server need to be pedalled faster?

[mrs fish]

Very slow the past two days now...

Its just taken 15 seconds to open this post reply window on broadband too.

[PetrolTed]

New box hasn't been installed yet.

[wimdows]

pdV6 said: Ah yes, but as CZ says, there'll be a constant stream of service packs & security 'fixes' for the next 4 years then...

Any serious server OS needs constant security patches and updates! Ever looked at SecurityFocus.com? All flavours of OS are listed there... The bottom line for any OS manufacturer is to be on top of things like that. When 'features' become security vulnerabilities, Microsoft is always very quick with patches.

(I can feel a flame war coming!)



Cheers,
Wim