Hello Fellow AO's

As I am aware by now most people hate M$ Operating systems as they are general very unreliable! Everyone can agree even die-hard fans of m$ cannot say they haven't had a occasional BSOD.

However I have a story that most of you won't believe!

At the company I work for we have old Compaq Proliant Server running Windows NT Server with SP6a it is 10 years old! The amazing thing is it has lasted 10 years and still has the original Operating System! To my knowledge this Server has never had a BSOD or had a os reinstalling! It has a faulty disk once that years ago and was just replaced, as it is a raid system! Sam database occasional can be slow to update. That is once in a blue moon! It also is only ever shutdown if we are doing maintenance in the computer room out of precaution.

The system is just a 200Mhz Pro system, it is our primary domain server to this day! It must be 9 possibly 10 years old! Soon it will have a planned decommissioning! Instead of the usual m$ system just dieing and getting replaced!

As well as been our PDC
It has been a file and print server
Running Lotus Domino to this date!
Fax software
Central updates for Anti-Virus
Maintenance Software!
Others which I can't remember!


Do you guys think this is amazing bearing in mind most nix's fans believe m$ systems are not reliable, or am I just living in the Twilight zone!

I will provide proof if necessary, to confirm I am not lieing or have gone insane!