Duane writes:

> all power goes off
>  hp3k systems revert to battery
>  nt system displays a dialog box: utility power off, using battery, nt
>                                   will shutdown soon
>
>  after 1 minute, power comes back on
>  hp3k systems powerfail recover, dtc's download
>  nt system displays a dialog box: utility power back on. off battery.
>
>  The lesson
>  ----------
>  It is possible to have a pc server like NT setup to maintain
>  similar levels of protection as our hp3k systems. In fact, since we don't
>  have our hp3k systems all plugged into a UPS we have less protection
>  then our nt system. (and I didn't get any pretty dialog boxes from my
>  hp3k systems!)
>
>  This probaby isn't *news* to many of you, but all the traffic about the
>  3k's powerfail resilency might give the impression you couldn't get equal
>  security in another computing environment. That isn't always the case
>  as this example shows.

This sounds like a very strong testament to the fact that Microsoft is
apparently well on its way from graduating from NT (new technology) to OT
(old technology). Or perhaps Duane's comments are merely the beginning of a
New Testament for an Old Testament technology in NT form.

Wirt Atmar