>> OK. So remind me... who is it that wanted to be constantly nagged 
>> about the unused desktop icons? 
> 
> You get offered once, and you click the box that says "stop asking."  
> It's only nagging if you can't read.

So why does it ask me once a month?

>> Who was it that thinks getting their PC infected with malware was a 
>> good idea?
> 
> Bugs aren't designed in.

Depends on what you think a "bug" is.

Windows is fundamentally based on the concept that only one person is 
using the PC. This is very much "designed in". They're trying to change 
that now to make the thing actually secure, but it's hard to alter one 
of the fundamental design assumptions of a large system without 
completely redesigning it.

> People think getting some small number infected with malware is 
> preferable to spending 30x as much for the software.

And I think that if I have to pay hundreds and hundreds of pounds for a 
mere operating system, it should at least work properly. But apparently 
that's just me...

When Linux goes wrong, it's annoying. But given that I spent £0 on it, 
you can just say "ah well, you get what you pay for". But when you pay 
vast amounts of money for something, you expect it to work.

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