Yes boys and girls, it's Net Applications time. Sure, their figures are flawed, and sure, they're misused all over the non-scientifically educated media, but that doesn't mean they do not indicate trends. One of those trends was a slowly rising popularity of Linux, which hit 0.93% market share in August 2008, only to sink back again during the following months. Well, it's 
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Member since:2006-06-01
Hmm ... Not that strange. You will only see a blue screen if you you change the default settings to do so. WindowsXP just abruptly restarts/crashes without showing a bluescreen when something goes wrong.
So - yes. You might not have seen a blue screen in years, but that does not mean anything I am afraid...
Member since:2006-02-15
Hmm ... Not that strange. You will only see a blue screen if you you change the default settings to do so. WindowsXP just abruptly restarts/crashes without showing a bluescreen when something goes wrong.
So - yes. You might not have seen a blue screen in years, but that does not mean anything I am afraid...
Is it really so hard for you F/OSS fanboys to understand that WinXP just is NOT as bad as you wish it were? I haven't seen a BSOD in years, and I can't remember when WinXP had crashed either.
God, your all-knowing and arrogant attitudes sometimes makes me want to completely ditch Linux and move back to Windows, just to spite you >_>
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2007-03-04
Same here...People keep remembering the notorious Win 98 version that would cause blue screens of death...Things have changed with XP, and I haven't seen a BSOF since then...I'm not backing Microsoft, it's just the truth.