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MyDoom. A microsoft ploy?

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Eru Iluvatar
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040204/36/el5xi.html

I was thinking, as it was so innefective, could this just have been a microsoft ploy to get people to visit their website?
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(Original post by Iluvatar)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040204/36/el5xi.html

I was thinking, as it was so innefective, could this just have been a microsoft ploy to get people to visit their website?

Not sure what you mean buddy??
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(Original post by Iluvatar)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040204/36/el5xi.html

I was thinking, as it was so innefective, could this just have been a microsoft ploy to get people to visit their website?
Sure, they don't have enough market yet...
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Not sure what you mean buddy??
Well, the virus, which there was this massive big deal about, seems to have went out in a wimper, rather than anything particularly destructive. And it seems like microsoft are the ones who are benefiting from this with people downloading virus patches and stuff.
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Sure, they don't have enough market yet...
:rolleyes:
Well, i'm still waiting for a windows : pet edition myself...
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Well, i'm still waiting for a windows : pet edition myself...
Oh, and what O.S. do you use?
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Oh, and what O.S. do you use?
Windows 98: second edition. Although i'm upgrading (if you can call it that) to XP as soon as i fit my new hard drive.
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Windows 98: second edition. Although i'm upgrading (if you can call it that) to XP as soon as i fit my new hard drive.
Of course you can say that, Windows 98 is crap and it has nothing to do with XP, the kernels of both are totally different.
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Of course you can say that, Windows 98 is crap and it has nothing to do with XP, the kernels of both are totally different.
Well i don't think transfering to any edition of windows can really be called an upgrade though.
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Well i don't think transfering to any edition of windows can really be called an upgrade though.
Why? Do you know what are you talking about?
Have you studied the internal function of Windows systems?
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Why? Do you know what are you talking about?
Have you studied the internal function of Windows systems?
No, i haven't. But from practicle use, they all seem to crash about the same amount, and have the same sort's of problems getting anything to work on them.
But i couldn't use linux myself though, because of the compatability problems with game's and USB support and stuff.
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No, i haven't. But from practicle use, they all seem to crash about the same amount, and have the same sort's of problems getting anything to work on them.
But i couldn't use linux myself though, because of the compatability problems with game's and USB support and stuff.
Well, you are wrong, in practice Win NT derived kernels are at least ten times more stable than the 9x derived ones.
Compatibility? I can count the Linux games with my fingers.
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Well, you are wrong, in practice Win NT derived kernels are at least ten times more stable than the 9x derived ones.
Compatibility? I can count the Linux games with my fingers.
Yeah, but NT is different.
Exactly, that's why i wont switch to linux.
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Yeah, but NT is different.
Exactly, that's why i wont switch to linux.
Well yes and 200/XP are derived from NT ...
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Well yes and 200/XP are derived from NT ...
So why do they crash so often then?
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So why do they crash so often then?
They don't. I have Windows XP at home and Windows 2000 at work (I'm a C\C++ Senior Programmer) and both works perfectly.
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They don't. I have Windows XP at home and Windows 2000 at work (I'm a C\C++ Senior Programmer) and both works perfectly.
Well i have used systems with XP and 2000 for what must total a few days (non-stop), and they crashed a couple of dozen times at least.

I admit though, there is little competition, and for what windows does offer, its worth all the problems with it.
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Well i have used systems with XP and 2000 for what must total a few days (non-stop), and they crashed a couple of dozen times at least.

I admit though, there is little competition, and for what windows does offer, its worth all the problems with it.
It hasn't any problem with standard hardware.
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It hasn't any problem with standard hardware.
Standard meaning?
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Standard meaning?
Hardware of good companies working fine and with the requirements that Windows needs.
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