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Current Newswire: The Bruno Knaapen Technology Learning Center is Established Anjal: GNOME's Evolution for Netbooks Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition Open source means freedom from 'anti-features' GTalX - Google Voice Chat has arrived in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Top 10 Super Bowl tech ads OOXML not suitable for Norwegian government, says study Add Cloud Storage to OpenOffice.org with SMECloud 10 Ways that Enterprises use Linux SECURITY: A sensation of wonder about technological developments Senior Linux Administrator - Red Hat (IL) Next Step Systems US-IL-Chicago Post A Job | Post A Resume Boston Globe: Keeping Crashes to a Minimum Oct 28, 1999, 16 :26 UTC (38 Talkback[s]) (5114 reads) (Other stories by Charles Connell) [ Thanks to Eric Anderson for this link. ] "Sadly, just as it took several decades for automobiles to become reliable, there is no way known yet to guarantee computers will perform equally well." "When you use a computer, there are two pieces of software working together. The first is the application, such as Microsoft Word or Lotus 1-2-3. The second is the operating system, such as Linux or Windows 98..." "There are several things you can do to keep problems to a minimum. 1. Use stable, well-tested software... 2. Once your computer is working well, leave it alone... 3. Use only one application at a time... 4. Don't rush an application..." Complete Story Related Stories: For The Love of Linux: What is it? (Oct 01, 1999) Taking Linux By Storm (Aug 19, 1999) Computer Currents: Linux Fit for the Desktop (Aug 09, 1999) ComputerWorld: Burlington Coat Factory Finds That Linux Runs Smoothly, Despite Lack of Support (Aug 09, 1999) Infobeads: ISPs Find Linux Religion – Open Source Means Open Choice (Jul 16, 1999) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   A sad statement of the state of things    Brian Wheeler Oct 28, 1999, 16:39:15     Ahh--living in a Windows world    Greg Kondrasuk Oct 28, 1999, 16:41:19     what a crock    Pick Oct 28, 1999, 16:44:58     Sinister Putz desease is spreading throughout Bost    brett Oct 28, 1999, 16:48:35     Good Gawd    General Tao Oct 28, 1999, 16:54:09     too good to be true.    Scott Marlowe Oct 28, 1999, 16:56:37     One more example of bad Windows influence    Eugene K. Oct 28, 1999, 16:56:58     WTF    David Walser Oct 28, 1999, 17:02:12     MS Win specific    James Lee Oct 28, 1999, 17:06:58     Multi-tasking    Hmmmmmmm Oct 28, 1999, 17:13:10     Microsoft isn't totally to blame for this    Bill Nuxli Oct 28, 1999, 17:24:33     Wow...    Seth Scali Oct 28, 1999, 17:25:02     Hmmmm    Daniel Oct 28, 1999, 17:31:39     heh !    Muhri Oct 28, 1999, 17:34:30     Re: Good Gawd    David Oct 28, 1999, 17:37:36     He forgot one thing...    kevin Oct 28, 1999, 17:47:41     What, no auto-save?    Dan Upper Oct 28, 1999, 17:59:34     Some good advice, some silliness    Cathy James Oct 28, 1999, 18:27:54     WHY IS LINUX EVEN MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE?    Bryan Seigneur Oct 28, 1999, 18:38:39     Use only one application at a time ?    Mark Baker Oct 28, 1999, 19:07:41     And look what this guy does    Mike Plemmons Oct 28, 1999, 19:28:40     Reliabity existed. It was killed by Unix    Schemeboy Oct 28, 1999, 19:36:17     Idea    Bill Nuxli Oct 28, 1999, 19:36:33     Here is a copy of the note I sent to ..    Chris Litchfield Oct 28, 1999, 19:49:40     Impressive FUD.    Greg Merchan Oct 28, 1999, 20:24:51     "Leave Your Computer Alone"    Barbara Irwin Oct 28, 1999, 20:38:44     crashing still an issue on Linux    Casey Perkins Oct 28, 1999, 21:22:15     FUD    Peter R Oct 28, 1999, 21:47:36     Reverse astroturf?    Bear Giles Oct 28, 1999, 21:51:26     This is a BAD advice...    Xunil Ung Oct 28, 1999, 23:23:37     Re: WHY IS LINUX EVEN MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE    Codifex Maximus Oct 28, 1999, 23:34:37     Re: crashing still an issue on Linux    Oct 28, 1999, 23:54:10     Guess Wich OS Serve his page?    Akoma Oct 29, 1999, 03:04:19     Re: crashing still an issue on Linux    Akoma Oct 29, 1999, 03:09:30     Re: crashing still an issue on Linux    Grayson Williams Oct 29, 1999, 04:45:03     Re: WHY IS LINUX EVEN MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE    Pengo Oct 29, 1999, 05:15:55     Re: What! No Autosave?    Anthony Youngman Oct 29, 1999, 13:12:40     Re: WHY IS LINUX EVEN MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE    Alan Harris Oct 29, 1999, 15:43:34     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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