On Thursday 28 February 2002 23:01, Rick Moen wrote:
> I've noticed that, because of Microsoft's preload monopoly, people often
> claim installation of Microsoft OSes is "easy", having never (or seldom)
> actually performed them -- having no clue what hell some engineer had to
> go through in creating the installation image that got mass-copied out
> to the machine.
Yes.
When a windows installation fails, you're basically screwed. On linux you
usually get some kind of error message, or can investigate the problem on
another console.
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