Susuto

I own and operate a computer repair store. My job is to diagnose and repair computer issues. I see very few Win98 machines in my shop, yet I do have one from a customer at this time. I also sell and build custom machines that primarily get WinXP installed.

It is very common to see BSODs still to this day on WinXP and to some extent the Vista equivalent.

I would gather I have enormously more experience than you and I would venture that I see more computer related problems than you. I would also venture to say that I have a better attention span than you.

BSODs are most often caused by hardware failures and driver issues..

Now that you have that firmly in your mind, my comments regarding BSODs were in regards to fault tolerance. I guess I get to submit it again to all the readers given that you have created a Streisand effect. That is: Linux is much more fault tolerant than Windows XP, and even Vista.

Here’s sort of a parable that is really a true story. When Lee Iacocca joined Chrysler he fired most, if not all, of the executive level people. His reasoning was that once you set your mind to a specific way of doing things you likely will never be able to be retrained out of those habits. If was easier for him to start over with new minds than it was to try to retrain the existing personnel.

As far as specific issues are concerned my post above also covered that. All OSes evolve and it takes time. There was a time when very few if any printers worked under Windows. There was a time when every program had to have drivers developed for each printer model. Printing has been and continues to be an issue though it is not as big an issue as it used to be. This goes for both the Windows machines and Linux, and the Mac, and any other OS.

It would be silly to say that Linux doesn’t fit any of your needs, but alas, you didn’t say that. But anyone reading it would see it implied that way. What I see as your issue isn’t with the needs not being filled, it is with your lack of willingness to learn new things. It may not fit every need you have as no operating system can or will, but it does fit your needs (so to speak) even if you won’t admit it. Also, you don’t take criticism well. You attack rather than reason. So, all I can conclude from your commentary is that you are angry that someone had something reasonable to say about a product you are biased against.

I have set Linux up for many elderly people. The proviso is that they will have to take time to learn it. To date, not one of them have said that they are going back to Windows. It isn’t that they don’t go back to Windows, it is that they find that they are happy with what Linux does for them. Linux does 99% of what 90% of us want. It satisfies the needs of everyone in some way.