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Andrew L. Gould wrote:

>I do my emailing from FreeBSD; but I empathize with any Windows user's fear of 
>patching/updating.  I updated my Win2K with a "critical update" yesterday 
>using Microsoft's online updating utility (no, not from an email link!); and 
>it trashed the OS. The repair utilities on the installation CD  have been 
>useless.  I now have to find the time to reinstall.
>
>I spent the night reviewing the list of apps I can't replace in FreeBSD.   The 
>list keeps getting smaller (along with the motivation to reinstall).
>
>Andrew Gould
>
Hmm, never had any trouble with WinXP or Win98 using Windows Update
AFAICR.  That said, I'm now running FBSD 5.1 alongside my Windows
box, the the Windows screen is *behind* me and to the right.  As I'm not
much of a gamer, and my wife/kids have XP in the living room, I've already
succumbed to the switch, and think I'm gonna like it.