Do You Think Fista Will Be More Reliable?

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This newsgroup is continually deluged by posts that say ... "such and such
used to work and then all of a sudden it no longer works".

It is painfully obvious that XP is not a reliable operating system. Real
operating systems shouldn't just stop working as time rolls on. But with
XP, this indeed seems to be the case for more and more people.

Do you think Microsoft will eventually get this right with Fista? I ask
because I run Linux on a number of my machines and can honestly say that
they just keep on working. Never have any problems with things all of a
sudden stopping to work as they had been. Never have to boot up a machine
and find that all of a sudden it won't boot, or hangs while booting like is
so common with XP. I think I read that with Fista there's going to be some
effort made to separate the kernal space from the user space which is the
way Linux runs. This might assist in the stability of the operating system?
But, I'm not holding my breath that Microsoft is capable in its rush to
maximize profits that it'll produce an operating system anywhere near as
stable as Linux. Besides the well-known insecurity of XP, I have to think
that using the Registry for system configuration is a weak link in the
whole scheme of things. Fista will continue doing so which leads me again
to think that Fista will not overcome the stability problems we see with
Microsoft's operating systems.
 
NoStop said:
This newsgroup is continually deluged by posts that say ... "such and such
used to work and then all of a sudden it no longer works".

It is painfully obvious that XP is not a reliable operating system. Real
operating systems shouldn't just stop working as time rolls on. But with
XP, this indeed seems to be the case for more and more people.

Do you think Microsoft will eventually get this right with Fista? I ask
because I run Linux on a number of my machines and can honestly say that
they just keep on working. Never have any problems with things all of a
sudden stopping to work as they had been. Never have to boot up a machine
and find that all of a sudden it won't boot, or hangs while booting like
is
so common with XP. I think I read that with Fista there's going to be some
effort made to separate the kernal space from the user space which is the
way Linux runs. This might assist in the stability of the operating
system?
But, I'm not holding my breath that Microsoft is capable in its rush to
maximize profits that it'll produce an operating system anywhere near as
stable as Linux. Besides the well-known insecurity of XP, I have to think
that using the Registry for system configuration is a weak link in the
whole scheme of things. Fista will continue doing so which leads me again
to think that Fista will not overcome the stability problems we see with
Microsoft's operating systems.
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hmmm I have to ask myself were these OS's stable when released to the
public ?
win95 ,win98 ,2000 ,XP ....add to the list
 
Yes. It will be more reliable on compatible hardware. You will probably
always have issues with computers, from loose cables to harddrive data
corruption etc.etc. and there's very little accounting for what people
actually do with their computers e.g. the "Click here to see the dancing
bunnies" problem. The system can throw up roadblocks, but if the operator
insists on seeing the dancing bunnies executable nothing is going to stop
him.
 
NoStop said:
This newsgroup is continually deluged by posts that say ... "such and such
used to work and then all of a sudden it no longer works".

It is painfully obvious that XP is not a reliable operating system. Real
operating systems shouldn't just stop working as time rolls on. But with
XP, this indeed seems to be the case for more and more people.

Do you think Microsoft will eventually get this right with Fista? I ask
because I run Linux on a number of my machines and can honestly say that
they just keep on working. Never have any problems with things all of a
sudden stopping to work as they had been. Never have to boot up a machine
and find that all of a sudden it won't boot, or hangs while booting like is
so common with XP. I think I read that with Fista there's going to be some
effort made to separate the kernal space from the user space which is the
way Linux runs. This might assist in the stability of the operating system?
But, I'm not holding my breath that Microsoft is capable in its rush to
maximize profits that it'll produce an operating system anywhere near as
stable as Linux. Besides the well-known insecurity of XP, I have to think
that using the Registry for system configuration is a weak link in the
whole scheme of things. Fista will continue doing so which leads me again
to think that Fista will not overcome the stability problems we see with
Microsoft's operating systems.
Click to expand...

Well it might also enable better spell-checking.

See http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1931914,00.asp for an
overview of the kernel changes.
 
If Pista is going to be the big change it's made out to be, then in all
traditions of MS OS releases I'd say it won't be all that reliable upon
release. I say "big change" claims and not revolutionary since that would
imply an OS the works on release. As for the registry I think I still have
the article where Microsoft (or the Pista development team) were claiming
they would do away with the registry, and Pista would be constructed from
the drawing board to the final product. It would also use the SQL
Server\MSDE as it's file managing system, and not only that (for developers)
each Window would be independent of the desktop. In theory that would make
it possible to have the desktop in a small window on the top left of your
screen, and Excel as a reduced window somewhere else on the screen. Just
like Sun workstations can do (with their apps, that's old technology
anyway). It was quite early on in the Pista press releases, haven't heard
much since then, I say it's all bullocks! And we're more likely to see a far
more resource hungry version of WindowsXP, as for price hungrier, well back
to tradition to speculate on that one.

What would be great with Pista is if you could upon installation is mount
"special folders" on particular drives as you can do with Linux. We'll all
see how different it will (not) be though. Remember Windows XP was also
marketed as very different to Windows 2000, well perceived to be at least.

I don't think there will be many surprises after the hype when it's
released. After when Office 97 was released, a big (huge) deal was made over
the paper clip assistant. Made me realise that giving people bread and
circuses is too much, they only need circuses.

- Winux P


: This newsgroup is continually deluged by posts that say ... "such and such
: used to work and then all of a sudden it no longer works".
:
: It is painfully obvious that XP is not a reliable operating system. Real
: operating systems shouldn't just stop working as time rolls on. But with
: XP, this indeed seems to be the case for more and more people.
:
: Do you think Microsoft will eventually get this right with Fista? I ask
: because I run Linux on a number of my machines and can honestly say that
: they just keep on working. Never have any problems with things all of a
: sudden stopping to work as they had been. Never have to boot up a machine
: and find that all of a sudden it won't boot, or hangs while booting like
is
: so common with XP. I think I read that with Fista there's going to be some
: effort made to separate the kernal space from the user space which is the
: way Linux runs. This might assist in the stability of the operating
system?
: But, I'm not holding my breath that Microsoft is capable in its rush to
: maximize profits that it'll produce an operating system anywhere near as
: stable as Linux. Besides the well-known insecurity of XP, I have to think
: that using the Registry for system configuration is a weak link in the
: whole scheme of things. Fista will continue doing so which leads me again
: to think that Fista will not overcome the stability problems we see with
: Microsoft's operating systems.
:
:
: --
: From a Wintard helping another Wintard with his Windoze Problem:
: "You might also want to try one of the numerous EXCELLENT
: registry cleaners, and perhaps a ram washer."
:
 
FISTA = Flying Infrared Signatures Technology Aircraft
Microsoft's new OS coming out sometime late summer is named VISTA.
 
I work with a fellow who will not buy a Pontiac because every time he drinks
and drives a Pontiac it crashes into bridges and light poles.

Steve
 
NoStop said:
It is painfully obvious that XP is not a reliable operating system. Real
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