Re: Mean time between failure in Windows XP

From: Staffan Dahlberg (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 07:57:05 -0700

That does not make much sense. If you are offering a
complete system the customer is not only really interested
in how often just the hardware crashes. Instead the
customer is interested in just how often his/her system
will not be available, no matter if it's software or
hardware problems. Do you know of any other measurement on
software?

// Staffan Dahlberg

>-----Original Message-----
>MTBF is a concept that applies to hardware, not software.
>--
>Ted Zieglar
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:383101c4a49d$6434d020$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> I looked throug the web page but did only find the
>> software. What I would like to know is an estimated,
>> calculated or measured approximate number of the MTBF.
Do
>> you know if there is any?
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Free Statistical Software
>> >http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javasta2.html
>> >
>> >--
>> >Carey Frisch
>> >Microsoft MVP
>> >Windows XP - Shell/User
>> >
>> >Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
>>
>http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.a
>> spx
>> >
>> >------------------------------------------------------- 

---
>> ----------------
>> >
>> >"Staffan Dahlberg" wrote:
>> >
>> >| Hello everyone!
>> >| I'm looking for a mean time between failure 
measurement
>> >| (or something similar) for Windows XP. I know there 
has
>> >| been studies conducted on this but the ones that I 
have
>> >| found have not been satisfactory. I hope someone can
>> help
>> >| me since I really need it for a System availability
>> >| calculation.
>> >|
>> >| Best Regards
>> >| Staffan Dahlberg
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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