"Ubuntu takes on XP in the gadget arena"

[Derek Broughton]

Robert Stoffers wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Edward Craig wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>On 2/15/06, Jonathan Jesse <jjesse at iserv.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Why does everyone always insist that Windows crashes more?  I have yet
>>>>to receive a blue screen on my Windows XP Pro Service pack 2 box.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Because some of us haven't used Windows since that was the normal
>>>experience, and that wasn't so long ago,
>> 
>> 
>> Well, things change,
>> 
>> 
>>>nor is it an unusual
>>>experience, especially among new computer users even today.
>> 
>> 
>> I beg to differ.  I see no sign that _anybody_ is suffering BSODs on XP
>> Pro. XP Home may not be quite so solid, but I don't think it's a problem
>> there either.  imo, calling XP "Windows" was a marketing error.
> 
> 
> If you haven't seen Windows XP (both the Home and Pro editions) BSOD,
> then you haven't been using it enough. We use Windows XP, 2003 and
> others at work in a controlled environment (apps must be approved etc)
> and I've seen XP and 2003 crash plenty of times, even several times 
> today.
> 
> Perhaps you need to stop listening to the Microsoft marketing crud so
> much?

There's absolutely no need to be insulting just because a few people point
out that MS has got better.  That doesn't mean they're _well_, just better
than they were.

Of course it has nothing to do with Microsoft Marketing, crud or otherwise. 
It's based on the experience at a large government department with about
1000 users at this location.  I don't use XP Home, but word-of-mouth from
many people of varying levels is that it's pretty solid.  I _do_ use XP
Pro, and it never crashes under normal use - and has never crashed for me
in some pretty abnormal use.  Most users here do operate in a controlled
environment, I don't :-)
-- 
derek