Re: Hardware hassles: Linux vs. Windows

From: Christian Convey (conveycj_at_npt.nuwc.navy.mil)
Date: 12/15/04

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    Jacob S wrote:
    > The Windows approach is fine, if you have the patience to deal with a
    > lot of crashes, blue screens and problems without a seeming reason,
    > cause or solution. This is great for non-mission critical stuff. The
    > Linux approach is fine if you have geeks for friends or enough money to
    > pay for things to be setup for you. This tends to be easier in a
    > business and mission critical environment.
    >

    But to be fair, that hasn't been my experience with Windows XP at all.
    So I'm doubtful that the users' simplicity offered by Windows has
    crashiness as a necessary consequence.

    (Also, it seems to me that a badly written driver can kill Linux just as
    expediently as it can.) 

    -- 
Christian Convey
Computer Scientist,
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Newport, RI
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