Re: Please Post the MTBF for the Hurd

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From: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1992 03:38

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In article <1992Mar3.021139.17963@wpi.WPI.EDU> entropy@wintermute.WPI.EDU (Lawrence C. Foard) writes:

   In article <9202282313.AA03177@wubios> david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) writes:
   >This is a petition to the FSF to please post the Mean Time Between
   >Failures of the Hurd on a monthly basis.  -David-

   What does the MTBF mean for software? All software is perfect copies of the
   original?

In an operating system, it usually means the average length of time
the system stays up without crashing or needing reboot due to serious
failure.

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From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
Subject: Re: Please Post the MTBF for the Hurd
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