Nick W wrote:
On July 24, 2004 07:53 am, Andrew Graupe wrote:
In my probably 6 years of using Windows (since Windows 98), Windows has
only borked itself once. It came at a relatively convenient time, since
I wanted to upgrade to XP anyway.
You're using a different windows than I was. Typical Windows for me would last
3-6 months. It wouldn't usually get to the point where it wouldn't boot but
there'd be so many problems it was too frustrating to use.
I have had my share of BSOD, but it
always boots back up.
Microsoft 2-step: shrug-reboot. The point is that this shouldn't happen as
often as it does. Ignoring it only allows them to continue releasing beta
quality SW and charging multple $100's for it.
Just because these things shouldn't happen doesn't mean they don't
happen. Frankly, I don't think rebooting is too much of a hassle if it
doesn't happen every two minutes. I have had two BSOD in the past
month, and nothing before that since about 2002. Perhaps I'm lucky?
I think it would be better if the linux community
took the stance "linux is better because it was programmed to be
reliable and is incredibly stable, not to mention several other things"
instead of "linux is better because MS sucks". MS is not as bad as we
make it out to be, and neither is linux that good.
Yes, Windows absolutely sucks as bad as I say it does, and I never say Linux
will do anything it won't. I don't have to exxagerate either of these. Linux
does everything I need it to do. The beautiful thing is
Wine/WineX/DosBox/Dosemu et al are still being developed in case I need or
want an older program. If it wasn't for open source I might as well chuck my
older SW...
The important thing,
IMO, is that linux is still a *better* operating system.
Regards,
Andrew
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