[OTx2] Windows

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Vladimir Panteleev" <vladimir at thecybershadow.net> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:25:21 +0300, Vladimir Panteleev 
> <vladimir at thecybershadow.net> wrote:
>
>>  A good analogy is writing software only for Linux, because the major OS 
>> is so horrible.
>
> For what it's worth, I never had any problems with my Windows install - 
> the only time I reinstalled was when I upgraded to newer versions (and I 
> do that when I upgrade my hardware, incl. HDDs, anyway).
>
> From my experience of troubleshooting others' Windows computers, all the 
> breakages come from badly-written applications (and installers), which 
> overwrite system files or (sometimes forcibly) integrate themselves into 
> every corner of the operating system, causing instability etc. This isn't 
> a problem with Windows - its "problem" is that it's the most popular OS, 
> for which so much bad software is written (not to mention malware).
>

Don't forget drivers. Half the time it seems like there isn't a single 
hardware manufacturer that actually knows what they're doing when it comes 
to writing Windows drivers.