[Newchix] Microsoft Pushing products? maybe more towards Linux? (fwd)

[jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi,
Well segmentation faults are just about always due to the programmer 
doing something like attempting to write past a block of allocated 
memory or failing to free the memory when they are done with it.  The 
boundary between a user space program (your typical application) and the 
kernel is very well defined--the operating system prevents you from 
mucking around with kernel memory from your application.  Whatever 
WINDBLOWS does in this area it doesn't do it very well!  How else do you 
explain an application failing one time and working perfectly well the 
next time under WINDBLOWS.  Yep, I think Linux is far superior!

     Jim Wantz
On Tue, 23 
Apr 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> There are 2 things worth pointing out here. One is that speakup is free of charge simply because Kirk chose not to make a profit out of it, for which he deserves thanks from thoes who can't really afford to spend money to keep their screen reader current (I'm still using wineyes 3.1 when I'm in the other OS). Second, even though we don't get that message which you mentioned below, we still get segmentation faults once in a while. Now, the good part is that the offending program doesn't take the whole system with it, unlike something else I could name but choose not to.
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:47:09PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> > This is very interesting.  I think that If a GUI That is as easy, if not
> > easier, to use than windows, This would be very atractive to Schools.  Also
> > the adaptive technology for linux is mostly free.  This is good because lets
> > say I was taking a highschool class in HTML.  On a windows box, A screen
> > reader is $500+.  The school would have to buy it and pay for it and any
> > upgrades.  On linux, a simple kernel recompilation and bingo! Talking
> > computer usable by a blind student.  And lets face it, there's no "This
> > Program Has performed an elegal operation and will shut down" message in
> > linux. Oh, I wonder If microsoft has copyrighted that message.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Deedra Waters" <curi0315 at tampabay.rr.com>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 7:47 PM
> > Subject: [Newchix] Microsoft Pushing products? maybe more towards Linux?
> > (fwd)
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:44:48 -1000
> > > From: Ralph Miranda <dragonhawk007 at hotmail.com>
> > > To: newchix at linuxchix.org
> > > Subject: [Newchix] Microsoft Pushing products?  maybe more towards Linux?
> > >
> > > Get a load of this info... Microsoft in Oregon?  talk about heavy handed.
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf
> > /html_standard.xsl?/base/all_wire_stories/101386428029222529.xml
> > >
> > >
> > >
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