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Your "real operating systems" are comparatively user unfriendly!
Hmmmmm, my reply to that would be that an operating system allows you to use your PC in as easy a way as possible. Even the nicest, most user friendly, *nix distros involve horrible (and for the uninitiated, unintuitive) command line procedures. I've been using Ubuntu Edgy for a while now, but more so I can experience it, not because it's a good system to use from my point of view!

Anyway, I'd also argue that if you're getting BSODs, it's probably not Windows, but more likely a poorly written driver. A vast consumer base requires vast compatibility, and lets be real, *nix is used primarily by technophiles who know what they're doing. If we replaced every single copy of Windows with *nix this very second and told everybody that it was for the greater good you would get a) a lot of p***ed off PC users who have lost their comfort blanket, b) a lot of confused users who have lost their nice task-driven interface, c) a sudden plethora of worms, trojans, spam, viruses etc. from all those nice hacker types who have a massive new market to exploit (let's face it, no system is 100% secure, and if they think they can and there's enough installs out there, they will!).

By the way, I know it was Windows splash screens (incidentally, what about MCE? Did that have a splash?) but can we give it up for the good old MS-DOS 6.22 command prompt? Can I hear a testify? A hell yeah? Anyone?
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Can't believe some sat there  John Zern | 04/10/07
Me Either  itanalyst | 04/10/07
Can't believe some sat there  tdwagnertx | 04/10/07
Hardly...  petteyg359 | 04/11/07
Even Scarier...  carizzio@... | 06/29/07
Or...  LiquidLearner | 10/09/08
Didn't Bob Have A Splash Screen?  itanalyst | 04/10/07
Bob?  LinuxHippie | 04/10/07
Here's Bob!  stpaul77@... | 04/10/07
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  nix_hed | 04/11/07
Run past the vent core!  ehwood | 04/12/07
Hmm...  red_five | 04/15/07
Not there - try...  Dr. John | 01/27/09
Bob who?  zandar | 04/11/07
BoB It's like  wizardb@... | 04/12/07
I can understand why someone would be interested in this...  BanjoPaterson | 04/10/07
Ubuntu Rules!!  Malithorne | 04/10/07
Sheesh  ehwood | 04/12/07
Ubuntu  bwchato | 06/30/07
Splash Screens are a romantic view down memory lane  wayonline@... | 04/10/07
I'm a little scared Steve....  Takalok | 10/21/09
Windows Splash Screens  pete29@... | 04/10/07
Good Idea  russ.coppin@... | 04/10/07
We watched the splash screens because ...  Ngallendou | 04/10/07
Real operating systems vs Windows  s_p_morris@... | 04/11/07
Your "real operating systems" are comparatively user unfriendly!  Ben_E | 04/11/07
CLI FTW!  health-4-you@... | 04/11/07
REN  ehwood | 04/12/07
One better...  roo_z | 04/14/07
Who out there remembers PIP?  WV Rich | 10/10/08
MAC OS  ehwood | 04/12/07
WTF?  Zeikzeil | 04/16/07
Real OS  TallTomD | 01/27/09
You're talking about 9x right?  LiquidLearner | 10/09/08
Agreed  kfan | 01/27/09
splash screens  kirk_harper@... | 04/10/07
All but one brought back "fond" memories...  mike.motes@... | 04/10/07
The green button  Tomzda | 04/11/07
I want to see the various BSoDs  gbarbee | 04/11/07
Great idea...  petteyg359 | 04/11/07
Here you go  Species8472 | 04/11/07
That wouldn't make sense...  LiquidLearner | 10/09/08
boy, they were ugly  zandar | 04/11/07
Server 2003?  aboulley | 04/11/07
There ARE Some Versions Missing  dumptux | 06/29/07
it is there  mixalis | 04/11/07
more MS bashers...save it!  mixalis | 04/11/07
Splash Screens  bdeforde73@... | 04/11/07
Emulators?  donnie126_2002@... | 04/11/07
Why emulate...  roo_z | 04/14/07
Re: Emulators?  Zeikzeil | 04/16/07
Windows VirtualPC  grandadmiralmcb@... | 10/09/08
splash screen fun  eric__m | 04/11/07
You Could Still Change 'Em in 98  dumptux | 06/29/07
How long took to gather this crap?  brushmaster | 04/12/07
Windows Splash Screens  kd0agv@... | 04/13/07
Windows Splash Screens  kd0agv@... | 04/13/07
ERROR Windows XP Pro x64  doctuh@... | 04/13/07
64-bit Windows  doctuh@... | 04/13/07
Re: ERROR Windows XP Pro x64  dumptux | 06/29/07
This is awesome...  Mike Cox | 04/13/07
Dinosaur Sightings  be514@... | 04/13/07
Hi. Thank you for bringing back my memories and showing splash screens.  Grayson Peddie | 04/14/07
Windows95, 95a, 95b  Surgedork | 04/15/07
How about Windows 95 with IE4 ?  bau_asem@... | 04/15/07
Windows 95b comes with Internet Explorer 3.0.  Grayson Peddie | 04/17/07
Re: Windows95, 95a, 95b  dumptux | 06/29/07
Now if we knew what it was doing when they showed  izelatlan | 05/16/07
How about the same for Mac OS's over the years?  ekcj | 06/29/07
What about Windows 386?  onephatcat@... | 06/29/07
Have I really been around that long.  toothman@... | 06/29/07
Even Scarier...  carizzio@... | 06/29/07
old technology  mikew@... | 06/29/07
Re: old technology  dumptux | 06/29/07
Looking at win95 and ME gave me panic attacks.  kraterz | 10/08/08
RE: Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (Windows Splash Screens)  nicthus | 10/09/08
RE: Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (Windows Splash Screens)  Jessishere | 10/10/08
RE: Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (Windows Splash Screens)  dinosoft@... | 10/10/08

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