Horst H. von Brand wrote:
Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
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I don't think I'd use 'standard' to describe something unique and proprietary, but there is something to be said about an OS that runs for years without reinstalling and works with vendor provided drivers that also don't need to be reinstalled every few weeks.
You must have been using a different strand of that stuff than I got...
Or maybe you haven't kept up to date. Win2k and XP with service pack 2 and everything since are very reliable if kept updated and virus-protected. Vista broke some interfaces and shows the problems you expect from that, though.