From: "Robert Comer" 

> XPsp2 plus all post sp2 hotfixes is 376mb.

XP doesn't have the apps that is in even a minimal Linux install.

> I mean you know how service packs always seem to break something, how can
> you keep systems functioning when everything changes every 3 months?

I've had less problems with Linux service packs, but then again, I don't
run Linux all that much. (Though I do have my 2nd line PC running Ubuntu
right now...)

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Bob Comer


"Geo"  wrote in message
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> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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>
>> You are comparing a very old OS (only OS, no office apps or anything else
>> for that matter other than email and browser, and a browser that wont
>> work
>> today on most sites no less) against a modern UNIX variant anyway, so
>> it's
>> no even close to a fair comparison.
>
> XPsp2 plus all post sp2 hotfixes is 376mb.
>
>> It's more than just exploits that the patches are for btw, but anyway, I
>> don't know anyone that thinks that other than the same kind of people
>> that
>> think Windows is invulnerable.
>
> You can't build a skyscraper if they keep changing the foundation. It's
> the
> same with complex computer systems, things break if you keep updating
> everything.
>
> I mean you know how service packs always seem to break something, how can
> you keep systems functioning when everything changes every 3 months?
>
> Geo.
>
>

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