The 'curious toy' you refer to powers 95% of all US Businesses computing
needs. A secretary running Word, or an accountant running an accounting
program under windows rarely has system crashes, primarily because they are
using a 'stable' piece of software. As a software developer who started in
1961 programming in Autocoder, I can tell you it's rarely the operating
system that causes program crashes. We have gotten smarter in protecting
the journeyman programmer from himself, but he still manages to screw up
periodically. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Linux/Unix to Windows, and early
windows had some serious problems. The MAC OS, until the most recent
version, was even worse. But businesses that spend lots more money than
I'll every have continue to buy Windows based systems. They vote with their
pocket books.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] "Remember, it's a computer."
> I have never had that level of success with any version of windows on
> any machine. The most reliable system I have used is whatever it is that
> is running at the office. We have a systems administrator that keeps it
> going. Perhaps if I was a "computer guru" or wanted to become one, I
> could get windows on my home machine to be equally reliable. I think the
> point is that most people would like a system to be reliable right from
> the start. In other words the default settings should result in a system
> that does not periodically crash for no apparent reason. I have not
> found that to be the case with windows. Therefore I consider computers
> running windows to be curious toys rather than serious tools. I will not
> own a radio that depends on windows to use it. ...Yes it is only a
> hobby, and it could be argued that my radios are just toys too.
> Nevertheless I want my radio to be more reliable than I have experienced
> window to be.
>
> Ken N6KB
>
>
> Joe Malloy wrote:
>
> >>They'll get this worked out.Since 1996, it's only
> >>gone down a few of times and then only because
> >>the UPS ran out of juice before the power company
> >>got things going again. It's never failed as a result
> >>of software/hardware problems.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Neither has any copy of Windows NT 3.5, NT4.0 and XP that I've been
> >running -- either on the home network (5 machines) or as a member of my
> >college. (Heck, even Windows with DOS ran very reliably for me!) It's
the
> >power company that keeps me from having uptimes greater than 150
days...but
> >it's up at least between power failures crunching numbers for the
Seti@home
> >project.
> >
> >
> >
> >>This is how mature
> >>equipment should behave. Mr. Gates? Mr. Gates?
> >>are you awake?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Bob? Bob? Are *you* awake? :)
> >
> >73,
> >
> >Joe, W2RBA
> >
> >P.S. I don't like Billy Boy one bit (!) nor the company he owns and I've
> >been investigating Linux for an eventual transition (if only it had the
> >support that is there for Windows!).
> >
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