MS taking heavy losses..

winXP shipped with 65,000 KNOWN bugs

unix > winNT

dont you remember the scandal that bill\'s email caused that he sent out to all M$ employees?  

"security comes 1st, even before functionality."

and how many m$ loopholes are exploited every day?

I think M$ has done with xbox what they wanted to do.  Make a place for them in the gaming community and to be heard.  I think they\'ll do a lot better with their next console.

I think mm needs an exclusive picture...

nah, stupid clyde took mine

When an OS ships that does everything WinXP does, with all the flexibility it has, for all the differing hardware it must operate under--when another OS can do all that, THEN you can talk.

Until then, it\'s the best on the market.

Also, you show me ANY computer system that is unhackable, that is without loopholes, and then I\'ll shut up.

It\'s impossible.  People find ways, hackers get through.

Windows is picked on because it\'s out there.  

I don\'t put up a stink because my Mac crashes or because the software writen for it is sparce and often second rate.  I don\'t say a work when it gets out preformed by lesser PCs.  No one mentions the vulnerbilities with a Mac OS.  No one cares.  But with MS, it\'s America\'s favourite past-time.

Windows gets picked on because people are jealous of Gates and because it\'s out there in 90% of the computers.  There isn\'t a OS that compares, and that\'s a fact.

bullsh1t

80% of all web servers run unix or apache

windows might be on 90% of CONSUMERS PC\'s cause they dont know any frickin better.  they\'re technologically ignorant and when the guy at compUSSR wants to make commision, he sells them the latest, greatest windows OS.

windows is a piece of crap, always has been
all they do is add a few gimmicks and resell it every 2 years

Linux can do everything (if givin a chance) windows can except run office XP.  thats the last remaining stanglehold m$ holds

thats why bill gates was so scared of Lindows

its easy to pick on windows cause they tell its so great, but when you get down inside it, its poop

ask larry ellison or steve jobs how windows became so "great"
yeah, i love when iE crashes and i have to reboot, thats real fun

i love paying 200$ for an OS that does nothing more than win2k yet lets me change my theme

the reign of windows is winding down, we\'re tired of following thier draconian tactics

keep following in line if u like, im waiting to act like Seamus and jump ship 1st chance i get

Key phrase is first chance you get.  Like I said, there isn\'t a comparable OS on the market for the home consumer and until there is, there\'s no debate.

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80% of all web servers run unix or apache
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Absolutely true, and 100% are hackable with any kid with a script and a half a clue.

Linux can\'t do everything windows can.  It doesn\'t have the support.  Why does my brother, who is programming all Corel office programs to linux, use Windows?  Hmm.  Because it doesn\'t have support, drivers, programs--it doesn\'t do half what windows does.  

If Linux ever does crack the market, hackers and analysts will put their scrutiny on it and reveal all the flaws in it.

windows might be on 90% of CONSUMERS PC\'s cause they dont know any frickin better. they\'re technologically ignorant and when the guy at compUSSR wants to make commision, he sells them the latest, greatest windows OS.

Word to that. I agree completely with the above. I won\'t say there is a OS that is unhackable (Linux is, aswell as any other OS), but you can\'t deny that MS has made it very easy with their past OSs for people with basic computer knowledge to hack their products.

As for the thread; Interesting read and IMO, the important question is: will the money that MS is dumping into Xbox eventually pay off?

Linux: You get what you pay for.

and whats wrong with that?

if i didnt need to use powerpoint and access for work, or play a few PC games, i would uninstall windows in a heartbeat

more and more games are being ported to linux everyday

it wont be long till m$ loses its stranglehold

i bet if you sat down in front of a linux box you wouldnt even readily be able to tell me it wasnt windows just by appearance

even OSx > windows

Absolutely true, and 100% are hackable with any kid with a script and a half a clue.

wrong.  solaris offered a million dollars to anyone who could crack its security.  noone has done it, yet.  im not ignorant enough to know that not everything is unhackable.  if something is coded, it can be uncoded.

m$ offers compatibility, nothing more, over other OS\'s.  
unix is 21308572936593285923 times more secure and stable than windows

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by mm
even OSx > windows

I\'m hearing this more and more each day. I\'m in the market for a new PC - mainly coz I\'m about to purchase a Canon GL-1 digital camcorder. Pro-sumer level camera and I think the only software out there that will do justice for this camera is Final Cut Pro - which runs on OS-X.

I just wish Macs weren\'t so damned expensive!:eek:

Yeah, OSx for the MAC\'s are probally the easiest I\'ve used without problems.

My 1st post, so be kind

Is windows the end all be all??? It ain\'t bad, but it\'s being sold with 99% of the computers sold. You think MS cares what the very small PC community thaats in the know thinks?? NO.

Let\'s face it Sony is just as bad with electronics, you buy because of name recognition, same as Microsoft.

As far as consoles go, it\'s gonna be give and take for a long time. Sony is in the lead because they had a years headstart plain and simple. The only thing in my opinion that will hurt PS2 is if Sony becomes a little to full of itself.
MS is more than willing to take the hit on the hardware, this "war" is about software, MS teamed up with THQ for a reason...Software on GBA no less.

Come xmas the playuing field is going to level off quite a bit, then we\'ll see who is going to do gamers justice.

FYI, before i get flamed...I own XBOX, PS2, GC,GBA, DC.

what do you mean MS partnered with THQ?


Eric Jacob

i saw an article that m$ is gonna release GBA games thru THQ

*the above statement might not be entirely true as i knew it was an xbox news article, and since it wasnt negative, i merely skimmed the content*