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Gates Provides Windows Crash Statistic
cybercuzco writes "In an otherwise innocuous article at they NYT (FRRYYY) Bill Gates says that according to error reporting software in windows, 5% of all windows installations crash two or more times every day. Gates goes on to state that Microsoft is looking at charging for some of its software updates that it now distributes for free."
My old 486 running DOS is also secure, and just as likely to be used for work by most people as any machine running Linux.
Before you start making smarty pants comments about how Windows sucks, address the real issues of getting Linux onto people's desktops: tight integration of package management for all distributions (that also works on all distributions), easy upgrades, and a proper desktop environment.
Without those 3 needs addresses, comments like yours are the same sour grapes sentiment that marginalized the OS/2 community, the Amiga community, and other operating communities since operating systems have existed.
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Internet Explorer (n): Another bug -- that is, a feature that can't be turned off -- in Windows.
Ok, let's analyze the part of the comment I quoted in my previous post again:
charging for updates & bugfixes
See, there is two parts in this 5 word piece. The part that is on the left of the "&" is covered by the "third paragraph from the end" that you are citing.
I still don't see anything about the second part, you know, the word on the right hand side of the "&". Oh, let me re-read your post again, maybe I missed something. Hmmm, it is not mentionned. I'm wondering if you re-read my previous post before answering something totally unrelated.
Write boring code, not shiny code!
Are you retarded?
They charge for premium access to the service, which by the way, if you buy a boxed version you get premium access for IIRC a year.
To get normal access all you need is a unique email address and to fill out a survey.
Lemme double check that.
Panel, up2date running, yep.
Okay, now to my bank account.
Nope, it works and I haven't paid redhat one red cent.
The key to the enjoyment of pop music is to replace any instance of "love" with "C.H.U.D."
Honestly. They take triple the number of days off that the americans do, double the time off the canadians do...are less than 1/100th of the size...and they think they have the right to copyright the name of where they are from so that they can sell their product?
what snots.
Who is this that even the wind and the waves obey Him? Surely this computer must submit also!
Making a database transparent to *programmers* would generally be called an "API" (I hope I'm not losing you with this advanced lingo) - and again may involve thousands of lines of code. Man, can I borrow that magic binder of yours sometime? Only 30 ways to any database frontend or API - you must be a friggin genius
Dude, try not to post drunk.
Methinx you just flamed and didn't think it thru. Evidently a conventional ol' API must be the only access method for a database. Fuck! I'm gunna make a fortune wnen I invent the RPC. SEE I JUST USED A WORD TOO! YIPEE!! WHO CAN I FLAME?
I luv teh intarweb.
Excuse the Unicode crap in my posts. That's an apostrophe, and slashdot is busted.