Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ox.com!mudos!mju From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Coherent *nix (was Concurrent UNIX) Message-ID: Date: 2 Nov 90 04:12:24 GMT References: <41523@cci632.UUCP> Organization: The Programmers' Pit Stop, +1 313 665 2832 Lines: 19 tvf@cci632.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer) writes: > On a serious multi-user system it wouldn't be so hot, but on most serious > multi-user systems that I'm familiar with, they also have single > switches/buttons that could bring down the system Real Fast (including > hardware resets on 80x86 machines). Most serious multi-user systems also have locking panels that cover switches that bring the system down Real Fast, because bringing the system down Real Fast is not usually a Desirable Thing to Do, Especially By Accident. Most serious multi-user systems are also kept in locked closets or restricted-access computer rooms, not sitting under the sysadmin's desk. -- Marc Unangst | mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | "Bus error: passengers dumped" ...!umich!leebai!mudos!mju |