Are Microsoft users abuse victims?

[elfs]

Omaha asked me this, in relationship to her Mac, but I have to wonder about it in general. I mean, it really does start to sound like it sometimes: "Oh, it's not Windows' fault, it's mine. Really. If I worked harder at our relationship, I wouldn't have the crashes and the viruses and the spam. I just have to do what Bill tells me, and it will all be okay, right? I mean, that's really the issue. I stay because I know it'll get better. It will. I've put too much time and effort into it to give up now."

Just musing.

Comments

[jenk]

The real question is, are the people who can't work their Windows machines going to do any better on any other platform? From what I know of end users, the answer is no.


From my experience in Windows support and testing, a lot of problems could be reduced by switching to a closed system (say, Mac - using only Apple hw, only Apple's OS, only Apple peripherals), putting it behind a firewall, and installing only a few apps. This would reduce the untested code paths dramatically. Of course many folks wouldn't be happy with such a system....

[(Anonymous)]

i know iw wouldnt be happy
but on my comp im running currently 2 operating systems
XP pro and 2k pro

as soon as i find a good way to fast switch hard drives im gonna put my BSD drive a lil 5 gig drive that i use to practice my alt os's maybe one of you could recomend a method to keep my primary disk xp but my tertiary drive bsd or linux