Readers react to 49.7-day Windows glitch

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

How stable is Windows?  jl

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     Readers react to 49.7-day Windows glitch 
     By Stephanie Miles
     Staff Writer, CNET News.com
     March 3, 1999, 12:25 p.m. PT 

     A bizarre and probably obscure bug will crash some Windows
computers after about a month and a half of use. But some jaded Windows
users say they would be grateful if their systems could stay up that
long.
 
  [snip] 

     The news prompted a flurry of emails to News.com. Many users were
amused to learn about the problem. "I suspect many computer users do not
experience this bug, because both the Windows 95 and 98 operating
systems crash much more often (for other stability reasons) than every
49.7 days," wrote one reader, who summed up the feelings of many. 

     "If a Windows machine could actually run for 49.7 days without a
crash, it'd be a miracle," chimed in another Windows user.

     Others were merely curious: "Are there any reported cases of
Windows staying up for 49.7 days?" asked another reader. 

  [snip]


-- 
James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
I can be reached at love@cptech.org, by telephone 202.387.8030,
by fax at 202.234.5176. CPT web page is http://www.cptech.org