Billy gets BSOD

S. Lawton green_man at bluefrog.biz
Sun Jan 9 18:34:58 EST 2005


On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 16:06:19 -0500
"Kevin E. Glosser" <keg at adelphia.net> wrote about Re: Billy
gets BSOD:

> green_man wrote:
> > http://www.linuxlinks.com/portal/news/article.php?story=20050106135807214
> > * Oops: Blue Screen Of Death Interrupts Gates' CES Show
> > *       
> 
> I don't like making fun of Microsoft. Fortunately, they do
> a good job of doing it to themselves. :)
> 
> I came across the video of it occurring and it was brutal
> to watch.
> 
> On one hand, I feel sorry for Bill. You know, he's up
> there demonstrating his product that he is proud of, and
> it fails like it probably won't ever again.
> 
> I've had the experience of creating software and then
> demonstrating it, knowing there was a bug found in it at
> the last second, that was a 1/1,000,000 chance of
> occurring and then sweating it out. Time seems to stop in
> those circumstances as you wait to see if the person
> testing the software out, will succeed in finding the one
> scenario where it will break. :)
> 
> Then, on the other hand I'm glad things like this happen.
> If you go to our site today, you'll see an article about
> Microsoft's new anti virus software they are releasing.
> 
> Yes, they plan on charging Windows users to remove viruses
> and spy ware that they can't keep out.
> 
> Hopefully, I didn't start an Anti-Microsoft explosion with
> this email. We don't need to resort to name calling to
> show dissatisfaction. Let the name calling stay on their
> side of the fence. We can make a difference by continuing
> to use Linux and helping those trying to make the switch.
> 
> KEG
> http://www.linuxlinks.com

Here is another reporter's take on the incident at the
electronics show:
Sorry, this URL is HUGE!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1860&ncid=1860&e=1&u=/cpress/20050106/ca_pr_on_tc/ces_gadget_show


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S. Lawton
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