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Re:The Jury Is In: Monolithic OS Design Is Flawed [pdf] by nasoieu on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @03:08PM (#17768803)
That's not what I said. Would you rather have no hardware or hardware that BSODs once a month?
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Re:The Jury Is In: Monolithic OS Design Is Flawed [pdf] by btilly on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @03:38PM (#17769035)
That's a false dilemma.

The actual choice is whether to have limited hardware choices or hardware that crashes regularly. Put that way, it is obvious to me that limited hardware is the right answer.

Why? Because what I care about is having a system that works well for me. Limited choices are fine as long as I can determine in advance whether the system that I'm considering will work. (I usually can.) So now my choice boils down to, "Do I want to be able to buy a reliable system, or be forced to put up with a buggy one?"

Put that way, who wants to be forced to put up with bugs?

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