Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Apr 19 2022 21:48:29

 Ni> I've heard people say that about Windows.  But I've rarely had Windows
 Ni> crash that bad.  There was one time in the late 90s I think I got a
 Ni> computer virus that was going around that erased my motherboard BIOS,
 Ni> which made it unbootable..  But other than that, I don't remember ever
 Ni> having Windows crash so bad that I had to reinstall everything.  And I
 Ni> think Windows has actually gotten more reliable and crash-resilient over
 Ni> the years.  I don't know who is having so many problems with Windows.
 Ni> 

From the time that Windows 95 appeared, the "format-reinstall" dance was one I had to perform more times than I wanted, and not just me, but others.  

It wasn't until Windows XP, maybe at some Service Pack, that you could install Windows and just have it working.

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