I don't think that "crashing Windows" is the real point either. I think what is more important is the presssure that Linux could put on Microsoft. If Linux really starts getting some serious market share, than MS is going to have to start building better products to keep its profits. I think what most people care about is not demolishing Microsoft, but getting the best possible OS.
I had similar problems with Win98. Due to hard drive problems, I formatted and reinstalled probably 4 times in the past couple of months. My copy of Win98 came with a defective Win95 bootdisk(!), and each install took way too long. Win98 prompts you needlessly(I am going to reboot now. Is that cool with you?), leaving you sitting by the computer for 45 minutes to an hour for every install. All the applications have to be loaded by hand, and the Win98 installer hangs with alarming regularity. I finally got bored and installed an old version of Redhat using the network install. Would've worked fine, if the hard drive wasn't already riddled with holes at the time...
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I don't think that "crashing Windows" is the real point either. I think what is more important is the presssure that Linux could put on Microsoft. If Linux really starts getting some serious market share, than MS is going to have to start building better products to keep its profits. I think what most people care about is not demolishing Microsoft, but getting the best possible OS.
I had similar problems with Win98. Due to hard drive problems, I formatted and reinstalled probably 4 times in the past couple of months. My copy of Win98 came with a defective Win95 bootdisk(!), and each install took way too long. Win98 prompts you needlessly(I am going to reboot now. Is that cool with you?), leaving you sitting by the computer for 45 minutes to an hour for every install. All the applications have to be loaded by hand, and the Win98 installer hangs with alarming regularity. I finally got bored and installed an old version of Redhat using the network install. Would've worked fine, if the hard drive wasn't already riddled with holes at the time...