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Bluuuue Rajah wrote:
> Everybody rightly criticizes Micro$tiff for selling a crappy OS, and
> Linux is obviuosly better, if you have the time and the expertise
> to use in it, but until this week I didn't understand exaclty why
> Windows is such a POS.
>
> When I had to uninstall the Google toolbar because Google installed
> an update tht I didn't ask for, which overrode IE5's ctrl-f
> command, the reason beame clear.  Windows' install/uninstall method
> causes bugs to accumulate, if programs are not ununstalled in
> precise the reverse order of which they were installed.
>
> The problem is that terrible method of saving old copies of system
> files, like .ini files, as backups, to be restored when software is
> uninstalled.  So the more apps you uninstall, out of order, the
> buggier your system becomes, until you finally have to reinstall
> the OS.
>
> Linux apparently doesn't have anything resembling this problem,
> which makes me wonder, how did the Linux designers (Torvald?)
> handle this problem, and can we learn anything from their solution
> to help minimize the problem with Windows?
>
> Your thoughts?

I think you have made gross generalizations based off personal experience - 
which are usually proven inaccurate (at best.)

I utilize many different operating systems (and flavors/versions of said 
operating systems) and if there is a single OS that is not lacking in one or 
more (mostly more after years of use on any given OS) ways, I have yet to 
come across it.  Many times - some of the 'problems' found could have been 
avoided with experience and know-how on the part of the user - which is 
acceptable in most cases because I don't believe someone whould 'hold my 
hand' in everything I do.  Also - many times - it is a 'personal' issue with 
the OS - meaning it won't do something the end-user believes it *should* do.

As far as your gross generalizations - I have a system I have been running 
since Windows XP was released.  It has been through two different sets of 
hardware, several hardware failures, many *MANY* installations and software 
removals and is now finally running as a VirtualBox machine on top of my 
Windows Vista and Windows Vista x64 Ultimate machines.  I have *not* had to 
'reinstall my OS' (assuming you mean a clean installation) nor did it ever 
slow down in any way I did not expect (when you upgrade applications, seldom 
do they actually utilize less resources than their prior versions...)

In my specific experience - Windows (XP, Vista and some prior versions to a 
certain extent) are fairly stable operating systems that have given me 
personally little trouble.  I've thrown a lot at them - and my experience is 
not limited to just the applications I utilize on a daily basis nor is my 
experience limited to just one or two hardware configurations (I would put 
myself in the thousands (possibly tens of thousands), easily, as far as how 
many different hardware configurations I have had to deal with in the years 
since Windows XP was first released alone.)  I also pull from the experience 
of those whose systems I have cleaned up from a mess or setup initially - in 
that they seldom have the same trouble after a little configuration and a 
little tutoring on how to properly utilize their system.

YMMV.

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