couldn’t have said it better myself
Now, I’m not one to rail on how horrible Microsoft Windows is. In my opinion, it’s just generally very difficult to be productive on it for a number of reasons — most annoying to me is how it assumes you have the brain capacity of a space rock, and designs the interface and settings from there. Using GNU + Linux has been very liberating because it does *exactly* what I want it to do from the ground up, and won’t pop up a dialog box 3 times just to make sure.
Anyway. I saw this comment on slashdot today talking about Windows XP, and honestly …. this guy sums up exactly how I feel.
XP is a perfectly fine operating system. I haven’t had any of my boxes crash…
Statements like this really do suggest the negative effect that Microsoft has had on computing. Users now are “perfectly” satisfied if their OS doesn’t routinely crash. What should be a basic assumption has become a lauded feat.
My linux and mac installs don’t crash either. Nor do they have a spyware virus problem (or even need for software to prevent such). But that’s just what they do to not suck. From usable CLI to functional least-rights users to better software (no Quicksilver, Textmate or iLife for PC) and on ad infinitum, they also do a tons of things that MS just can’t offer.
If you’re happy with the “accomplishment” of not crashing, good for you. I’ve experienced more and I’ve come to expect more.