An official slightly off topic anouncement

[Glenn Ervin]

Janina Sajka wrote:
> I find it hard to think of any OS that crashes daily, or even more
> frequently, as "working." I wouldn't hire that kind of worker.
>
> Janina

XP doesn't crash often, this is a characteristic of earlier versions of 
Windows.
Sure, Linux is much more stable, but XP rarely crashes.
But There is the problem of the most popular OS having the most amount of 
viruses written for it.
Glenn

>
> John Heim writes:
>> We care because often people get into linux expecting it to be like
>> Windows. Possibly, if these people are fore-warned, they will be
>> less likely to give up.  That's been my experience anyway.
>>
>> I think sometimes in their enthusiasm for linux,  linux nerds sell
>> it as being easier to use than Windows. I don't think it ever gets
>> to that point no matter how well you know linux and speakup.  And if
>> all you want out of your computer is for it to work with a minimum
>> of fuss, then maybe you had better stick to Windows.
>
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