MS _software_ isn't all bad, it's the fact that they're still using clunky
DOS code in their operating system that makes it suck.
Win NT isn't too bad. It's pretty stable in most cases... drivers tend to
mess up the kernel and network apps that are "part of the os" have the
potential to crash the explorer shell (i.e. Network Neighborhood, IE,
etc). Also, I hate rebooting, which NT, like 98, 95, etc, likes to do.
`They might possibly get their act together with Win2k... I've heard they
already found a couple security holes in it though. Besides, Windows isn't
near as fun to use as *nixs are.
DvB
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> At 01:18 PM 2/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have never had MS IE5 crash...
>
> You must have been charmed or blessed then, or had a priest bestow special
> blessings on your copy of IE5 when you played a role playing game, or
> something. After all, I can think of no *rational* explanation for your
> experiences, given the frequency of IE5 crashing or otherwise misbehaving
> on most installations. Mine, for example. True, it *does* crash less than
> IE4 did -- even the IE5 *beta* crashed less. But it is still crash prone
> like any M$ software.
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