Re:Because it doesn't matter to you! (Score 3, Insightful)

Sorry that is a pile of shit. You pay a lot of money for M$ and other software too. I can almost understand it with Linux with so many different developers and no real set standard as of yet...and still it crashes less frequently than Microsoft. People would pay for stability if they had the option. Would you pay for a car that doesn't always start? Or decides every so often to stop in the middle of the expressway? I think not and these too are consumer products.

What a cop out. You must work for M$. I don't believe that anyone who has bought Windows has got what they paid for. Since NT MS has always put "more reliable" and "more secure" in their advertising pitches. "Windows XP...The reliability of Windows 2000 with the game playing power of Windows ME." It is true that it IS very expensive to properly test and create code that does not crash. However if I am paying several hundred dollars for a piece of consumer software I would expect that I can somewhat rely on it.

Sorry but if I had some mod points today I would be modding down this parent. You're just making excuses for them. The trouble is not the expense of writing the software it is the time expense of getting out the next piece of crap to the store shelves.

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