Re: Why Nobody Uses Windows Servers Any More

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject	Re: Why Nobody Uses Windows Servers Any More
Date	2026-02-24 20:26 +0000
Message-ID	<n06fqvFn9guU4@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:30:08 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
> 
>>     The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
>>     failed to start because of the following error:
>>     The operation completed successfully.
>>             -- Windows NT Server v3.51
>>
>> (Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)
> 
> NT 4 wasn't much better iirc.

NT 4 introduced me to the BSOD. It greeted me every Monday morning. I 
forget what I was running at home, 95 or maybe 98, but it was more stable 
than the 'enterprise' offering.

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    Re: Why Nobody Uses Windows Servers Any More "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-02-24 06:39 -0500
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