Unemployment on the Rescue List? (was RE: [rescue] FS: SGI

Mon Sep 29 17:31:45 CDT 2003

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 06:16:01PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 06:15 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo 
> +1.717.201.3366 wrote:
> > And let's be honest: sometimes the apps are horrendously designed and
> > poorly QA'ed.  That is not the OS' fault.
> 
>    ...but when an app can crash the OS, that certainly *is* the OS' 
> fault.  Computer technology moved past that point thirty years ago.

I was going to say "I haven't seen that" but actually, I did today.  

I was setting up a new-in-box Dell with pre-installed XP on it.  I was
installing the corporate antivirus client, but the McAfee one that
Dell ships (90 day trial adware) was not uninstalled.

Apparently the 2 AV programs were duking it out and not even
Ctrl-Alt-Del helped... had to pull the power cord.

--Patrick