Re: App crashing the OS

[Gerald Magnuson <magnuson@xxxxxxx>]

Bob Crothers wrote:


> However, when an application crash's the operating system, is it
> the OS's fault or the applications?  True, the OS shouldn't
> crash, but it is still the application that should get the
> majority of the blame.
> 

  ... and I suppose we should give the majority of the Blame to the
gasoline for the explosion, instead of the poor design of the Pick-up
Truck.

<snip>
 
> Windows is no where near the quality of OS/400.  But you did not
> pay thousands of dollars for it either.
> 
  ... go ahead and buy the Pinto, after all even a 500 Class Mercedes
will blow up if struck, just right, by a Mack Truck.
BTW we did pay thousands of dollars for windows


> Do I want to see Windows improve?  You bet.  But, is it the
> "root of all evil" that some on this list say?  No.
  <snip>
> I think the lesson to be learned is that is NOT the DOJ who will
> dethrone Billy G but the market.  And more likely, it will be a
> missed paradigm shift.  IBM missed the PC.  What will MS miss?
>  It could be Java that dethrones them.  It might be something
> else.  But it will happen.
 
I totally agree (see, I'm not a total Flammer) 
>

-- 
Gerald Magnuson            Sr. Programmer Analyst
    The Knapheide Manufacturing Company
Quincy, Illinois  62301  (217) 223-1848 ext. 2291
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