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Keep it running no, keep it secure yes. That is true of any production system, regardless of vendor, or should be.

Your system/business setups simply reflect this, either through clustering or planned outages.

Not sure why I'm providing a rational opinion to a snarky jab at Mircosoft, but imo, they have made fantastic progress on the security front over the past decade.



I find that updating a Windows server often requires a reboot, while other systems can usually get away with restarting the service that is being patched.


Because admining Windows still feels like an enormous nuisance compared to admining a Linux box?

I've heard Server 2012 adds more capabilities that would make it administerable more like a Linux sysadmin would expect.

Sorry if I offended the point-and-click "sysadmins".




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