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The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
-- Windows NT Server v3.51

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)
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On 2/23/26 3:39 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
-- Windows NT Server v3.51

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)

Windows Server has the potential to be used in an Internet-facing
context, but barely. It's really just an intranet server OS, to any meaningful extent. Any serious server on the Internet would be running
Linux or BSD.
--
Joel W. Crump
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On 2/23/2026 3:39 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
-- Windows NT Server v3.51

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)

Google AI Overviews

MS wins in server revenue
"In 2024, Windows Server held approximately 52.6% of the global server
operating system market."


Linux wins in server installations/units
"Linux dominates the global server operating system market, with an
estimated 63.1% to 63.73% market share by units in 2025-2026. "


Larry Duh wins in stupidity
"In 2026, Larry Duh held approx 75% of the market for stupid cola posts.
Other significant participants are Ludicrous Larry Piet and wRonG."
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Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
-- Windows NT Server v3.51

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)

NT 4 wasn't much better iirc.
--
God is real, unless declared integer.
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On 2/24/2026 6:30 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
-- Windows NT Server v3.51

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)

NT 4 wasn't much better iirc.

Networking prior to Win2000 was a joke. NT4 was primitive software.
--
Joel W. Crump
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:39:10 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DoOliveiro wrote:

The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
-- Windows NT Server v3.51

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)

I'm pretty sure those who use Windows Server, are not because it include
mail servers.
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Lawrence DOliveiro wrote:
The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
-- Windows NT Server v3.51

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)

I think there are quite a few Windows Servers still deployed.

Someone must still love them.


This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=701843401#701843401
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:30:08 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
-- Windows NT Server v3.51

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)

NT 4 wasn't much better iirc.

NT 4 introduced me to the BSOD. It greeted me every Monday morning. I
forget what I was running at home, 95 or maybe 98, but it was more stable
than the 'enterprise' offering.

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On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:06:02 -0500, MummyChunk wrote:

I think there are quite a few Windows Servers still deployed.

Someone must still love them.

EverybodyrCOs going to the cloud now. And the cloud--even MicrosoftrCOs
own cloud--is dominated by Linux.
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On 24 Feb 2026 20:26:08 GMT, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:30:08 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which
failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
-- Windows NT Server v3.51

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)

NT 4 wasn't much better iirc.

NT 4 introduced me to the BSOD. It greeted me every Monday morning. I
forget what I was running at home, 95 or maybe 98, but it was more
stable than the 'enterprise' offering.

A programmer friend of mine swore that 95 was more stable than 98, but I
found that 98SE was as good as it got in the 9x line. For what it's worth, Windows 95 never crashed if all the software installed on the machine was
from Microsoft itself.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
Isaiah 48:16
Pop_OS!
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Microsoft DNS service terminates abnormally when it rec[ei]ves a
response to a DNS query that was never made. Fix Information: Run your
DNS service on a different platform.
-- BugTraq

(Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/knghtbrd)
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On 25 Feb 2026 01:27:01 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:

A programmer friend of mine swore that 95 was more stable than 98, but I found that 98SE was as good as it got in the 9x line. For what it's
worth,
Windows 95 never crashed if all the software installed on the machine
was from Microsoft itself.

And then there was ME. iirc it ran out of 'resources' if you tried to do anything. I'm not sure but I think that was the box I put Mandrake on.
Problem solved.
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On 2/24/2026 3:32 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

EverybodyrCOs going to the cloud now. And the cloud--even MicrosoftrCOs
own cloud--is dominated by Linux.

Google AI Overview ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Linux is the most popular operating system on Microsoft Azure, powering
more than 60% of customer compute cores as of mid-2024.

...

While Linux dominates in terms of total compute, some estimates suggest
that 70-80% of Azure's revenue may still come from customers using
Windows Server and SQL Server due to licensing structures and enterprise legacy workloads." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Gross revenue is far more important than gross unit sales/installs.
Thus proprietary Windows, SQL Server and iPhone/iOS are winning over
FOSS Linux and dbms's and Android.


interesting article https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-linux-is-the-top-operating-system-on-azure-today/
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:17:52 -0500, DFS wrote:

On 2/24/2026 3:32 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

EverybodyrCOs going to the cloud now. And the cloud--even MicrosoftrCOs own >> cloud--is dominated by Linux.

Google AI Overview

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Linux is the most popular operating system on Microsoft Azure, powering
more than 60% of customer compute cores as of mid-2024.

...

While Linux dominates in terms of total compute, some estimates suggest
that 70-80% of Azure's revenue may still come from customers using
Windows Server and SQL Server due to licensing structures and enterprise legacy workloads."

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gross revenue is far more important than gross unit sales/installs.
Thus proprietary Windows, SQL Server and iPhone/iOS are winning over
FOSS Linux and dbms's and Android.

I'm reading that a bit differently than you. Azure's revenue comes from selling Windows Server licenses. Not too much revenue comes from DIY Linux installs.

I never looked at Azure but on AWS BYOB Linux instances are a hell of a
lot cheaper than Windows Server instances. Even ones like RHEL are
cheaper. Of course on AWS you're paying full list price; Azure has a
rather interesting sliding scale for Microsoft Windows licenses, being Microsoft after all.


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rbowman wrote:

some dumb fsck wrote:

Gross revenue is far more important than gross unit sales/installs.
Thus proprietary Windows, SQL Server and iPhone/iOS are winning over
FOSS Linux and dbms's and Android.

I'm reading that a bit differently than you.

You're reading it differently than some dumb fsck who says that
corporate revenue is more important than what is best, what is most
efficient, for society? I should hope so!
--
"[chrisv] himself said [that nobody wants or chooses Windows]" -
DumFSck, lying shamelessly
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DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/24/2026 3:32 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

EverybodyrCOs going to the cloud now. And the cloud--even MicrosoftrCOs
own cloud--is dominated by Linux.

Google AI Overview ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Linux is the most popular operating system on Microsoft Azure, powering more than 60% of customer compute cores as of mid-2024.

...

While Linux dominates in terms of total compute, some estimates suggest
that 70-80% of Azure's revenue may still come from customers using
Windows Server and SQL Server due to licensing structures and enterprise legacy workloads." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gross revenue is far more important than gross unit sales/installs.
Thus proprietary Windows, SQL Server and iPhone/iOS are winning over
FOSS Linux and dbms's and Android.

interesting article https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-linux-is-the-top-operating-system-on-azure-today/

I stumbled across this video:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-tzLvOu9lo>

No One Is Using CoPilot...

I cannot attest to it's veracity. One funnny comment:

"Copilot, remove copilot from my pc."
"Sorry, Dave. I can't do that."
--
If you took all the students that felt asleep in class and laid them end to end, they'd be a lot more comfortable.
-- "Graffiti in the Big Ten"
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:31:51 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

"Copilot, remove copilot from my pc." "Sorry, Dave. I can't do
that."

I like VS Code but it's getting increasingly hard to tell the AI to FOAD.
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