On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 08:50:27AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One acronym: BSOD. Why have users learned what it is, and grown accepting of > seeing one? Do you know any Windows users who have *never* encountered one?
The majority of BSODs are caused by buggy third-party drivers and malware (rootkits, etc.) Is that part of "Microsoft's monopolistic abuse"? > How many Windows users would believe that before Microsoft, vendors actually > would take a *single* crash reported by *one* user seriously enough to > investigate and produce a bugfix, and that vendors would escalate to the point > of sending developers to the customer site if a system crashed multiple times > and no fix was in sight in a week? Before Microsoft, you got your hardware and OS from the same vendor, so there was a much larger revenue stream to support that kind of service. When you pay $100-ish (OEM) for your operating system, it's not so clear that anybody really ought to expect Bill to get in the car and swing by on his way home. Steve --- Stephen J Friedl | Security Consultant | UNIX Wizard | +1 714 544-6561 www.unixwiz.net | Tustin, Calif. USA | Microsoft MVP | [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
