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Re: [News] Windows BSoD in the Arcade

  • Subject: Re: [News] Windows BSoD in the Arcade
  • From: Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:22:31 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • References: <1578745.DrHlVr5Jrc@schestowitz.com>
  • User-agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux)
  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1143064
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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> There are many stories just like it (e.g. search 'bsod' in Flickr), but this
> one is new.
> 
> Broken Windows on a simple arcade game!
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Ok! So I am walking through my local arcade one day only to look over
>| and find that an arcade game is shutting down windows 2000! When it reboots
>| I expected it to start the game but it did nothing of the sort, all it
>| did was popup an error message over and over again and then reboot and dot
>| he same thing in a neverending cycle! All I know is that it would suck to
>| be the person who had to fix that thing.
>|
>| This wouldn't have happened with linux!
> `----
> 
> http://badarcadegames.50megs.com/

It's a risky decision to base a business on such technology,
particularly where there's nobody there to do the reboot and the
occasional total reinstall.reinstall.reinstall

-- 
| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
Dammit Jim, I'm an actor, not a doctor.

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