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Microsoft points finger at the EU for not being able to lock down Windows (www.neowin.net)
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[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You could absolutely install software on Windows 3.5 that would crash the system.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can confirm. I've crashed most Microsoft products from msdos 5.

[–] vorsprung@hachyderm.io 2 points 5 months ago

@OfCourseNot @neme @apfelwoiSchoppen @Blue_Morpho @NeoNachtwaechter @MinFapper
My dislike for MS products goes back to 1979 and the BASIC interpreter on the Commodore Pet.
At the time I thought that's just how computers are but within just a few years I realised that non Microsoft BASIC always seemed to be better...