[ Thanks to Con
Zymaris for this link. ]
“Perhaps you’ve heard of Microsoft’s challenge to the cracker
community. It has set up a beta version of Windows 2000 and dared
the community to crack the box. Sure enough, in about a week of
operation, nobody has been successful in their attempts. The
message here is clear – Windows 2000 can handle the cracking
attempts of the entire internet . . . as long as you don’t mind
rebooting several times a day.”
“Microsoft is having trouble keeping its server running for more
than a few hours at a time.”
“The biggest problem with the Windows family is that it is
the most unstable suite of operating systems in widespread
use. Following that you’ve got more minor issues, such as
viruses.’