Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

[Dotan Cohen]

On 19/04/07, Scott van Looy <scott at ethosuk.org.uk> wrote:
> Today Dotan Cohen did spake thusly:
> > Last semester in my physics course, right in the middle of a lecture,
> > the professor's computer informed us that we had 4 minutes until
> > reboot, due to updates that had automatically been downloaded and
> > installed. He had to stop the lecture, reboot, and then find his
> > place. During this time I took the opportunity to mention how
> > rediculous that is, without mentioning that I don't use windows, and I
> > was told that I'm stupid for not updating my own computer regularly.
> > Apparently, reboots in the middle of work are common parts of the
> > windows workflow. Worse, people accept that because it's the only way
> > to be 'safe'.
>
> I've never seen Windows do that. What I have seen it do is say "Windows
> will be restarted in 4 minutes [cancel]"
>
> Cancelling lets you do it later. Being smug about linux lets you earn
> lower marks ;)
>

No cancel button. I even have a screenshot of it doing that to _me_
once: about a week before I moved over to Linux for good. I'll gladly
send you the screenshot. It's in Hebrew, but you can clearly see there
is no Cancel button. And I find it hard to believe that Windows in
English has a cancel button when Hebrew does not.

Dotan Cohen

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