Re: Caldera installation - something Debian should learn
On 24-Apr-99 R Garth Wood wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 ijr@po.cwru.edu wrote:
>
>> > you can tell if data has changed or not(In constant time).
>> > therefore you only have to backup of changed data. that's good.
>>
>> How is this not possible with text configs? Instead of storing extra data
>> in a
>> database, you go and check the timestamp already contained in the filesystem
>> of
>> the textual config file. 99% of the time, the data's changed.
>
> NT guarantees an uptime up 99.9%. If you calculate that it isn't so good.
Where does Microsoft make said guarantee? Does that have ANYTHING to do with
your argument? Why do you think files even HAVE timestamps?
Isaac
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