re: How much do you trust your (operating) system? Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:51 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) MartinM wrote: |I wondered what you'd be writing about when the last W98 machine bit the dust. There isn't anything I've seen that says that the HORRIBLE software that Diebold, Sequoia, and ES&S produce *couldn't* run under Win9x. (Again, the USAian system is all secret.) In this example, on the one hand you have the world of Security Through Obscurity where when faults are found another layer of band-aids are applied --rather than fixing the core problem. On the other hand you have guys who not only invite you to bring your battering ram right up to the gate, they give you the blueprints to the castle. The contrast is stark. I don't really like the way this site spreads articles across 4 pages, but the guy does delineate why the world is moving to Free(dom) Software: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20528/1154/ http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20528/1154/1/1/ http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20528/1154/1/2/ http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20528/1154/1/3/ Written in response to: re: How much do you trust your (operating) system? (MartinM: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:21 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] How much do you trust your (operating) system? (gewg_: Thu, Nov 5, 2009, 5:46 pm) re: How much do you trust your (operating) system? (MartinM: Mon, Nov 9, 2009, 11:21 pm) re: How much do you trust your (operating) system? (gewg_: Tue, Nov 10, 2009, 9:51 am) The results are in (was: How much do you trust your (operating) system?) (gewg_: Wed, Nov 18, 2009, 9:29 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum