Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 15:24:19 09/15/02
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On September 15, 2002 at 15:20:07, Scott Gasch wrote: >On September 14, 2002 at 07:18:28, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>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 ;) > >I'm quite familiar with the NT kernel sources and would not characterize them as >poorly engineered. Quite the opposite. I don't know much about linux kernel >sources but when I have had the chance to dig in I have not been impressed. > >It has also not been my experience that windows crashes more than linux. I >crash windows for a living (literally) and it's quite a hard thing to do. Now, >once you add your fly-by-night knockoff video card made in singapore by some >company no one ever heard of because it was $40 cheaper or install some random >(unsinged) drivers on your PC (blissfully clicking past the "this driver is not >signed" message and mumbling to yourself about Microsoft trying to control the >world) your experience may be quite different. However my job is only to crash >code written by MS... if you know of a way to do this, tell me and I guarantee >it gets fixed. I know for a fact, though, that the largest cause of system >crashes is poorly written third party drivers, by far. > >This post won't change anyone's opinion about NT so I don't know why I waste my >breath. I don't understand why people don't realize that an OS is just a piece >of software, nothing to get all worked up about. I use linux, netbsd and I bought Windows XP last week, and very pretty it is too. The reason people get worked up about Windows is that, without proper supervision, Microsoft would like to require every person who buys a PC to buy Windows as well. People tend to get zealous about that sort of thing. >windows at home... I am not a zealot about one being better than the others -- >each has strong and weak points. All are trying to improve. NT is trying to >become as secure as netbsd, the free guys are trying to create as compelling a >user experience as NT, all are pushing for better performance and adding new >features for the future. In my experience all are about as stable as the others >when properly setup -- very. > >Scott Andrew
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