Re: Interface. Gauging interest.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Hudler" <yahoo@...>
wrote:

> .....
> Given the amount of software that's installed on Windows these days
> is a testament to its robustness.
> ..........

No - the amount of software is much more a testament to the
ubiquity of PCs with Windows.

I'm fairly sure that if a survey of reliability were to be
run for users of both Linux and Windows then there would be
an overwhelming majority in favour of Linux.

There's a whole generation of PC/Windows users who just
accept that their software will crash periodically and don't
realise that it shouldn't.

If you look at the history of MS-DOS you will see that it
started as a slight enhancement of QDOS which, in turn, was a
semi-plagiarised and poorly implemented version of CP/M.
QDOS stood for Quick & Dirty Operating System which is a
fair indication of Microsoft's ethos at that time and which,
I suspect, still exists to some extent. It certainly did at
the time of writing W95: if you took a look at Unauthorized
Windows 95 by Andrew Schulman you would be bound to be
appalled.

Bob