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> Maybe the author doesn't remember the blue screen of death, or reflexively hitting ctrl-S every five minutes to save because the software might crash, or clic
by ok123456 3y ago
> Maybe the author doesn't remember the blue screen of death, or reflexively hitting ctrl-S every five minutes to save because the software might crash, or clicking on menus in Word and they wouldn't open because you had a macro virus.
This is more of a problem with Microsoft Windows products before they universally adopted the NT kernel across their product line. The instability of the 16-bit kernel and its 32-bit extensions was a constant point of ridicule from users of other architectures and operating systems at the time.
- paulddraper 3y agoOkay, the wheel of death :/ https://xkcd.com/961/ https://xkcd.com/961/ EDIT: unless you prefer one of those unix things in which case good luck even getting graphics
- ok123456 3y agoYou can write buggy application software on any platform. But if the operating and system architecture provides sufficient separation and protection, it won't crash other processes or the entire operating system, as was the case for consumers getting their first Windows PCs in the 90s and having to be paranoid about random crashes after hitting the wrong button.