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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.intel Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!adt From: adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) Subject: Re: I have one thing to say about Windows '95 & FreeBSD Message-ID: <adtDE8o20.AK6@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.intel Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <41gceu$i14@mirv.unsw.edu.au> <41m3at$vn7@lucy.swin.edu.au> <41qk39$16f@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <adtDE195B.GA1@netcom.com> <41un0e$3jm@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <adtDE4xEp.Jyn@netcom.com> <4236mc$p8g@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <adtDE6qsv.IFK@netcom.com> <425v86$32p@kadath.zeitgeist.net> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 18:15:35 GMT Lines: 22 Sender: adt@netcom11.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5260 comp.sys.intel:46530 Amancio Hasty, Jr. (hasty@rah.star-gate.com) wrote: : ... A few minutes ago I ran Win95.5 , invoke a couple : of versions of netscape, one version of Microsoft Internet explorer and : started browsing with all three browsers. Then , I invoke Windows explorer : I assume a 32bit app --- it crashed ... : ... The system was not able to recuperate and I pressed reboot . : I guess I most read the documentation 8) I don't think the documentation will help with this one. If you try hard enough, I'm sure you can make all sorts of evil things happen in Win95. If a Windows user wants an idiot-proof (just a phrase, I'm not referring to you) OS he/she should be using WinNT. Note that I said "Windows user", linux and NetBSD are fine alternatives for other users. Tony -- ------------------ Tony Tribelli adtribelli@acm.org