Overloaded system (Score 1)

Any normal (read: NOT micros~1 window~1) operating system shouldn't let a messed-up app take down another prog or the whole system with it. It doesn't matter if you have 2 apps installed or 2,000. Windows is notorious for letting one app trash the entire system. That's why I try to stick to Linux.

On a side note.. I just want to make a comment about linux's (still) inadequate hardware support... I have a beautiful P3-500 box sitting at home but I can't really run linux on it b/c it won't support my pci sound card and my NIC.. I could change out the sound card but its a big expense for me (i'm looking for QUALITY hardware, ya know? :) and i'll probably change the nic in a couple days.. I got some RealTek piece of crap when the guys came in to install my cable modem. Haha funny thing is that I ended up configuring and setting up my 2 boxes because it would take the loser installation guy hours to do it :)