Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ Tim Smith ] on Thursday 07 September 2006 16:12 \__
>
>> In article <1361541.INQ6vCnZPR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> No one who isn't making up "news" is saying that.
>>>
>>> Gamers Say Microsoft Understates Xbox Problems
>>
>> No, *one* anonymous person says that 30-50% of EA's systems died, which EA
>> says is incorrect. If the failure rate were 30% or more, there would be
>> hundreds of independent sources for this.
>
> When Microsoft keeps lying about its products, it's hard to find a reliable
> source. It is, after all, Microsoft that ships these, as well as absorbs the
> defective units. Given that Microsoft claims that:
>
> 1. Only 5% of all Windows PC's have malware (others say it's
> 80-90%)
Which "others"?
>
> 2. The Linux so-called "market share" is less than 1% (the installed base is
> an order of magnitude higher)
Source please. to be "install base" it must be used. Live CDs clogging
up the coffee table dont count.
>
> 3. Linux servers aren't being adopted or grow, despite double-figure
> inter-quarter growth (percentage-wise).
from what to what?
>
> I would prefer to look at independent sources and facts that are on the
> ground.
>
> xbox 360 - broken!
Not according to the independant sites where xbox360 gamers gather.
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | My xbox 360 is broken and no matter what game I put inside, it always
> | freezes after a while
> `----
SW is SW : HW is HW. Things go wrong.
There are millions of these things : there will always be some dodgy units.
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