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Subject: Re: Hurry up to get the latest virus from Microsoft! :) (NT)

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 04:18:28 09/14/02

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On September 13, 2002 at 17:16:10, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

>There are two more reasons why you can see Windows crashes: bad hardware and
>overclocking. Windows stresses hardware much more than Linux as it uses more
>resources due to GUI and lot of services are turned on by default (because, as
>you know, average user is not able to find out exactly what service he needs).

I don't buy this.

Most commercial (and free, for that matter) Linux packages come with a
full featured GUI and a lot of services opened by default.

The reason Windows crashes more is that it is in some ways more
badly engineered. But of course, you cannot shoot your own employer
and yourself in the back, by saying this ;)

--
GCP

• Re: Hurry up to get the latest virus from Microsoft! :) (NT) Scott Gasch 12:20:07 09/15/02
  • Re: Hurry up to get the latest virus from Microsoft! :) (off-topic) Andrew Williams 15:24:19 09/15/02
  • Re: Hurry up to get the latest virus from Microsoft! :) (NT) Gian-Carlo Pascutto 12:29:44 09/15/02
    • Re: Hurry up to get the latest virus from Microsoft! :) (NT) Peter Skinner 19:57:40 09/15/02
      • Re: Hurry up to get the latest virus from Microsoft! :) (NT) Gian-Carlo Pascutto 02:08:42 09/16/02
        • Re: Hurry up to get the latest virus from Microsoft! :) (NT) Alessandro Damiani 08:51:51 09/17/02
        • drivers Vincent Diepeveen 15:50:38 09/16/02
          • Re: drivers Robert Hyatt 15:24:21 09/17/02
          • Re: drivers Scott Gasch 11:12:44 09/17/02
          • Re: drivers (off topic) Andrew Williams 05:06:21 09/17/02

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