That was the show called CNet for some it came on USA channel over cable. At 09:20 AM 8/3/2008, you wrote: >I seem to remember that they unveiled Windows 98 and it crashed right on >National TV, although I can't remember on what program or network. I only >remember my mom telling my dad about it. It actually made me laugh. >Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gamers Discussion list" ><gamers@audyssey.org> >Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:47 AM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista > > > > Hi Charles, > > It would be nice if Microsoft waited until their Windows releases were > > relatively stable before release, but their history has proven they > > always do otherwise. In 1995 Microsoft launched Windows 95 which was > > extremely unstable, was well known for major system crashes, and still > > used the Dos fat16 file system. In 1997 Microsoft rereleased Windows 95 > > with fat32 file system support, several bug fixes, an upgraded Internet > > Explorer, and generally was much more stable and dependable. In 1998 > > they launched Windows 98. Like 95 it had several bugs, constantly > > crashed, and was not a stable release. In 1999 Microsoft released > > Windows 98 SE which addressed and largely fixed bugs and issues in 98 > > classic. In 2001 MS released Windows XP which had many issues that wer > > addressed in service pack 1. In 2007 Microsoft released Vista which > > definitely had many bugs that took them a year to correct in service > > pack 1, and still not all of the issues have been fixed yet. Bottom > > line Microsoft is well known for rushing software releases, and then fix > > the products the best they can at some later point. Usually one or two > > years of extra work would have produced a solid and stable release. > > In fact, Microsoft's lack of software quality control is one reason I > > have stopped recommending, supporting, and buying their products. in > > general. When Apple released OS Leopard it was a rock solid, dependable, > > and powerful os with none of the bugs we see in Windows Vista. When > > Ubuntu released Ubuntu Linux 8.04 I haven't found many bugs in the > > operating system itself. Orca sometimes crashes unexpectedly, but it is > > no problem to restart Orca and continue on my way. I don't lose all of > > my data like I often do in Vista when the entire os crashes. > > Bottom line here is that Microsoft is this huge, well known, popular > > software company who is allowed to repeatedly to sell extremely > > buggy,unstable, and undependable software products. Everyone else like > > Apple, Ubuntu Linux, Sun Solaris, etc do their best to make their > > operating systems stable, dependable, and as bug free as possible before > > they are released to the general public. Why everyone buys Microsoft > > stuff when they fail time and time again to address stability and errors > > early on is a mystery. There are more stable operating systems out there > > such as Mac OS Leopard, but the general public pays them no mind. I must > > shake my head in utter confusion. > > > > --- > > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > > list, > > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 3317 (20080801) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com
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