On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Aled Hughes < [email protected]> wrote:
> I recall a presentation by IBM Executives all those years back about the > 'New Era of Computing' (or something corny like that). One presenter > mentioned that there were other PCs around, but the IBM one had three > things going for it over the others: > > I > B > M > > And the PCs of this world still haven't worked out how to upgrade the OS > without a restart.... > Windows != PC I can upgrade my many things on my RedHat Linux and not need to restart, unless I need to install a new kernel. And that is addressed, supposedly, by Oracle's Ksplice which can update the Linux kernel "on the fly". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice Of course, if I upgrade a subsystem, such as the PostgreSQL data base system, then I need to restart that subsystem. Much like applying maintenance to CICS, IMS, or DB2. > > Sigh. > > ALH > > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
