Windoze crash (was Re: Well, I was at Fry's in CA...)

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Sun Jul 6 11:09:00 2003

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, J.C. Wren wrote:

> My experience is that the people who have problems with Windows are the
> people who *want* to have problems with Windows.
I must second that.

> I have several Win2K boxen
> here whose only reason for being rebooted every few months is robbing
> harddrives or CD drives.
Um, or for redoing power lines/ups maint. Like I had to shut down the
lot here this weekend, because of ups/power maint in my machine room.

> I use Windows pretty hard, with a fairly constant set of software (mapping,
> CAD software, IE, ProComm, CD ripping, a few other things), and I don't get
> BSODs or crashes.
Likewise. Fucked-up drivers are sometimes an issue, especially those
for network, sound and video, but if you're careful with those, no real
BSOD-ish situations.

> Like pencil and paper.
Pencils tend to break their tips, at least when I use them. Duh.
Does that count as a bug? ;)

Cheers,
        Fred
Received on Sun Jul 06 2003 - 11:09:00 BST