Can anyone source this for me? Newspaper articals, commentaries ect.
2007-06-26 01:15:04 · 6 answers · asked by babycattos 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
OK, firstly, that would make no sense.
XP could not have been designed to melt down since that would be an extremely bad business idea.
They boasted about bringing out the most advanced software and OS to date, only to have it break and meltdown at every opportunity, surely that would not end well for them...
It wasn't designed to intentionally meltdown...but apparently that doesn't stop it
2007-06-26 01:21:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not a "Microsoft" fan, I think they have way too much power in the comupter industry, BUT the concept that a system that has been around for as long as XP has been in use is intentionally designed to melt down is just bunk!
The system may indeed have some issues but when you look at what it is capable of doing issues are to be expected. No system is perfect -- if it were we would still find issues with it.
So whatever source you heard that from is just wrong.
Even my open source systems have issues and nothing built into them was ever meant to "melt down" either.
2007-06-26 08:21:59 · answer #2 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like more "anti-Microsoft" junk to me. I've used XP since a year after it came out. In fact, I've done Beta testing for Microsoft and nothing is "intentionally designed to melt down." If it's rumors you are looking for, checkout Snopes or About. com. I think that's one that David Avery has had showing up for years.
2007-06-26 08:25:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not ... The problem is that Microsoft didn't build the OS all by itself , they just took the DOS and made a GUI for it ... that's what makes Windows not very good or secure ... while other OSs which were developed from Unix, like Mac OS and linux, and much more secure and stable.
2007-06-26 08:27:12 · answer #4 · answered by Luay14 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO. But let me fill you in.
Windows XP allows you to connect to many more things and many more computers. That makes it more vulnerable to virus and spyware threats.
Let's consider Newton's third law of thermodynamics. "Entropy is a change to a more disordered state". So if you do not CLEAN you spyware, run Anti-virus Scans, keep your anti-spyware and anti-virus programs up to date; YOU WILL GET viruses and spyware. It is only the natural course without your active participation to prevent problems.
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2007-06-26 08:22:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! it is not, where did you see that at?
2007-07-01 00:02:43 · answer #6 · answered by purdygoode 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋