Re: C#, .Net, and Mono

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From: Yossi Kreinin
Subject: Re: C#, .Net, and Mono
Date: 15:13 on 27 Dec 2006
Joshua Rodman wrote:
> 
> This is not my experience.  Windows XP still manages to bluescreen when
> doing *crazy* things like trying to rip a CD.  Sure I have some assy
> driver, but that's exactly the point.
> 

I didn't mention XP since it's apparently less stable than it's predecessors, 
looks like they are in a blowish mood lately. Not that the X server didn't hang 
on me, causing what I call a "reboot" (I don't care about the uptime, just my 
programs). It seems that the reason Linux drivers wedge the machines less than 
Windows drivers is that Linux lacks drivers for more devices.

Isn't a Linux driver capable of fucking up the entire machine just like a 
Windows driver, and isn't the similarity the result of the pretty similar kernel 
design of the modern incarnations of these systems, or did I manage to stay 
totally misinformed? I thought Microsoft researchers were playing with the 
.NET-based "Singularity" (single memory map and everything managed, effictively 
emulating a tagged architecture) to solve this (probably only theoretically).
There's stuff above here

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