Re: The Ubuntu Experiment

Lorenzo Taylor wrote:

Windows XP doesn't crash? That's the first time I've ever heard of that
one. :) As a person who works on computers of all kinds, including those
running Ubuntu and other Linux-based OS's and Windows 2000 and XP, I can
tell you that XP definitely crashes. It gets spyware that even the best
antispyware programs can't fully clear off

Oh give me a break. "It" doesn't get spyware. Idiot users get spyware.

Performance degrades over time

Absolutely. I said "for all its faults". It has many, but it crashes no
more often than any other OS.
--
derek


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