Linux Made Easy: Linspire 5.0

[Dan Jenkins]

Paul Lussier wrote:

>  Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> writes:
>
> > But, if your system dies tomorrow
>
>  I'm always curious when people use this phrase. I mean, who's ever
>  had a "system" die such that it required a complete replacement?
>  Short of being in a fire, or getting an electrical spike to blow the
>  system, I've never heard of a system just "dying". And if it did,
>  then it's usually just one component, not the entire system. So why
>  not just replace that one component?
>
>  Of course, if you're like me, you keep a system until it needs to
>  *retired*, but it never quite dies :) I've put several out to
>  pasture, but they've always gone out there working just as well as
>  the day they were bought :) (sometimes even better due to several
>  upgrades throughout their life).

We have similar views then. Our router is someone's former 486 desktop. 
Our imaging server used to be the receptionist's Pentium 1 system. Our 
voice mail... Well, you get the idea.

Of course...
Like the metaphorical ax, we may have replaced the head a few times and 
they may have needed new handles, but they are still those same systems, 
still in use, today. :-)


"This will become, in time, the ax of someone's grandfather," said the 
king, lifting it out. "And no doubt over the years it will need a new 
handle or a new blade and over the centuries the shape will change in 
line with fashion, but it will always be, in every detail and respect, 
the ax I give you today. And because it'll change with the times, it'll 
always be sharp. There's a grain of Truth in that, see."
The Low King, The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett

-- 
Dan Jenkins (dan at rastech.com)
Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH, USA --- 1-603-206-9951
*** Technical Support for over a Quarter Century

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