I seem to remember that they unveiled Windows 98 and it crashed right on National TV, although I can't remember on what program or network. I only remember my mom telling my dad about it. It actually made me laugh. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista
> Hi Charles, > It would be nice if Microsoft waited until their Windows releases were > relatively stable before release, but their history has proven they > always do otherwise. In 1995 Microsoft launched Windows 95 which was > extremely unstable, was well known for major system crashes, and still > used the Dos fat16 file system. In 1997 Microsoft rereleased Windows 95 > with fat32 file system support, several bug fixes, an upgraded Internet > Explorer, and generally was much more stable and dependable. In 1998 > they launched Windows 98. Like 95 it had several bugs, constantly > crashed, and was not a stable release. In 1999 Microsoft released > Windows 98 SE which addressed and largely fixed bugs and issues in 98 > classic. In 2001 MS released Windows XP which had many issues that wer > addressed in service pack 1. In 2007 Microsoft released Vista which > definitely had many bugs that took them a year to correct in service > pack 1, and still not all of the issues have been fixed yet. Bottom > line Microsoft is well known for rushing software releases, and then fix > the products the best they can at some later point. Usually one or two > years of extra work would have produced a solid and stable release. > In fact, Microsoft's lack of software quality control is one reason I > have stopped recommending, supporting, and buying their products. in > general. When Apple released OS Leopard it was a rock solid, dependable, > and powerful os with none of the bugs we see in Windows Vista. When > Ubuntu released Ubuntu Linux 8.04 I haven't found many bugs in the > operating system itself. Orca sometimes crashes unexpectedly, but it is > no problem to restart Orca and continue on my way. I don't lose all of > my data like I often do in Vista when the entire os crashes. > Bottom line here is that Microsoft is this huge, well known, popular > software company who is allowed to repeatedly to sell extremely > buggy,unstable, and undependable software products. Everyone else like > Apple, Ubuntu Linux, Sun Solaris, etc do their best to make their > operating systems stable, dependable, and as bug free as possible before > they are released to the general public. Why everyone buys Microsoft > stuff when they fail time and time again to address stability and errors > early on is a mystery. There are more stable operating systems out there > such as Mac OS Leopard, but the general public pays them no mind. I must > shake my head in utter confusion. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
