[at-l] Sleeping Bag Drive and computer Trouble!!

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Well you can fault MS for many things but bugs in the OS isn't one of them.
It has been mathematically shown that it is impossible to write a program of
any size without bugs and these OS have millions of lines of code. Most of
the bugs in Win95 actually come from debris left by third party software.
But they still fixed something like 8000 bugs between 95 and 98 and the same
for 98 to 96SE.

However ME was never ready to be released and they was loud bitchin and
moanin among the tech beta testers when they announced they were releasing
it. It was a walk down the wrong path which they corrected in Win 2K

Other OS have as many or more bugs as MS products but the general public
just doesn't hear about them since they are such a tiny portion of the
market. LINUX is much more buggy for example. MS is making an effort anyway
they are spending more on the next OS (Longhorn) than Boing spent on
developing the 747 for example. But there will always be bugs.

If your app runs on 95 and ME it will run on 98SE. Most professionals
consider 98SE as the best of the 9X series.

Bryan



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> >"...Geez... you have the two worst OS's available for MS. Win95
> becuase it is
> >old and buggy and ME because is is just bad"
>
> Yup. You are right about that. It took the courts years, and they
> missed the big
> issues, but I knew within a hour that only a monopolist could get
> away with a
> program as bad as Windows ME.
>
> My only worry is whether I can run a 16 bit publishing program on
> WIN-98SE. I
> know. I should get something different. But I'm reluctant to do so for not
> wholly logical reasons.
>
> Weary
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