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  • Re: Linux on the Desktop? A long way off...

    [quote user="morbiuswilters"]I don't know about the rest of you, but I make it a habit to buy all of my hardware from companies so small and poor that they can't even raise as much money as an open source project. That's why I'm opposed to the added security of signed drivers...
    Posted to Forum by MasterPlanSoftware on 07-17-2008
  • Re: Linux on the Desktop? A long way off...

    [quote user="bstorer"]Well then perhaps they should develop for Linux and it's whopping 7% market share. That sounds like a good business plan.[/quote] Protecting users who have been scared by the FUD these /. trolls spread everywhere is a better business plan if you ask me. Anyone who...
    Posted to Forum by MasterPlanSoftware on 07-17-2008
  • Re: Schrödinger's error

    [quote user="morbiuswilters"]He was complaining that the OS displayed an error message when a program crashed due to an unhandled exception. It's balatantly stupid to expect a modern OS to do anything different. [/quote] I don't know, I like that in my 'modern' (Ubuntu) Linux...
    Posted to Forum by MasterPlanSoftware on 07-03-2008
  • Re: Schrödinger's error

    [quote user="Joon"] Windows 95. If a 16 bit program (like a delphi 1 app) crashed with a GPF in Win95, it would just lock up, the screen would go black and you would have to reboot. If you were lucky, the OS would start on reboot and not have to be repaired. Oh, good times :-D [/quote] This...
    Posted to Forum by morbiuswilters on 07-03-2008
  • Re: Schrödinger's error

    [quote user="Kazan"] No it causes the operating system to bitch at you* *dependant on operating syste [/quote] What OS doesn't display an error when a program crashes?
    Posted to Forum by morbiuswilters on 07-02-2008
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