I have loved computers most of my life, starting with the Commodore 64.
They should be useful resources for the user, not crashy and insecure.
They are increasingly not depended on, and expected to fail.
I switched from Windows to Apple for this very reason. Things just work.
I am a Windows network administrator, and every day I grow more weary.
It seems every PC owner is inundated with spam, viruses, spyware, search toolbars, pop-up advertisements, etc.
When did this become the norm and accepted?
Why is such inferior, insecure technology allowed to thrive?
You would think that in our capitalist, free-market economy that an inferior product would be overlooked in favour of something better, but that has not been the case. More people are complaining, yet these are the same people who keep buying that same technology.
Actions speak louder than words. Don’t use Windows, switch to Linux or Apple. A monoculture is a very dangerous thing.
And how come it’s never called an “Internet Explorer bug” or a “Windows Vulnerability”, but “computer viruses” and “software vulnerabilities” and “Internet browser flaw”?