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From: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bob Sloane)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: "Morris did it"--the new excuse?
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Date: 15 Nov 88 12:33:19 GMT
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In article <16965@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu
 (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) writes:
> ...
> Again, what's your point?  From the user's point of view, it's always
> one reason or another why the computers/networks are not available a
> certain XX% of the time.  Every time they go down, do your users hunt
> around for "whom" to blame?
> 
> ucbvax!garnet!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720

Yes, at some sites they do.  In our university environment I have heard users
complain because we take the machine down once a week to perform file system
backups.  You have to remember that computer centers live and work in a
political envrionment, as well as a technical one. I don't know about the
systems you use, but here, every CPU cycle is precious, and there are several
different users competing for it.  If they think even ONE cycle is wasted they
will bring it to our attention.
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