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Author: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
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Subject: Linux Advocacy
In a message dated 11/2/03 4:16:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
writes:


> If you keep Windows patched and don't install every piece of spy-ware
> that you can find on the internet it's not so unstable/insecure that
> avoiding those problems


IME, Windows 9x (the systems that are likely to be switched over rather than
shelling out USD100+ for a new OS) tends to rot even under normal-light use.
It usually takes inside of 6 months before IE flakes out for me (lots of
'MSHTML' error dialogues within moments of starting the browser).