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To: SunSpot who wrote (42064)	4/14/2000 12:52:00 PM
From: BillHoo	Respond to of 74651

<<Then why doesn't my Linux crash, running the same Windows application on the same hardware? Blaming Intel is not good enough.>> Because Linux is not running a gazzillion lines of legacy code, faulty programming and bug patches. Look at the BeOS. Has all the multithreading and windowing abilities of any of the latest Windows products. It's a third the size and runs just as fast on an Intel 386 as a mid-range Pentium! Because it has tighter more efficient code and doesn't have to drag all that legacy baggage that Windows does. All the new kids on the block have better OS products than MSFT, but they have the strangleholds to prevent these innovations from reaching the market. Consumers are being hurt because they constantly have to buy newer faster machines to run all this old crappy microsoft code. -Bill_H

To: SunSpot who wrote (42064)	4/14/2000 6:47:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 74651

I'm not a Linux expert. If I was, I would be aware of the tradeoffs in its design and implementation and could answer your question. Unfortunately, I'm not a Windows expert either: just a Windows user, and as such, I know my hardware (circa 1999) and software (circa 1987) work together as expected. Cheers, PW. P.S. If anyone can shed more light on this matter, I'd like to learn the answers. However, this stuff is beyond the focus of this thread, so it's probably way off topic and may irritate investors.