on 7/22/2007 1:41 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2007/07/22 16:06 (GMT-0400) David Boles apparently typed: > >> As for Windows "needs reinstalling far more often than Linux"? Maybe for >> some. I installed XP PRO in early 2002, it is needed for work, and the >> only time I have had to reinstall was last spring when my hard drive >> failed and I replaced it. I would not say two times in six years is often. > > A sample size of one machine is meaningless. Typical doz users have their > systems mucked up by all sorts of detritus, for which a common, and > sometimes only, escape is reinstallation. > http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/lbarker5-03.m3u Maybe. But it typically is not Windows that "mucks up" the system. It is the user. Those are them same users that can "muckup" a Linux install. ;-) -- David
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