Is windows a virus?

[Nikhil_Verma]

Is Windows a virus?

No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses (viri?) do:

1. They replicate quickly -- okay, Windows does that.

2. Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so -- okay, Windows does that.

3. Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk -- okay, Windows does that, too.

4. Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too.

5. Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's with Windows, too.

Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences: Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.

So, Windows is not a virus

 

[duffarama]

LOL, that is very funny mate.
What do you have to say for yourself about Apple Macs then?

 

[brad352]

Screw the bloody Macs-
Hey, let's all buy a car that's only compatible with half the roads!
Same thing

 

[Nikhil_Verma]

Never used it ...!!

 

[duffarama]

Originally posted by brad352
Screw the bloody Macs-
Hey, let's all buy a car that's only compatible with half the roads!

Most cars arn't compatible with half of the roads anyway. (referring to the side that the steering wheel is on in different countries)

 

[straw]

Originally posted by Nikhil_Verma
Is Windows a virus?

No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses (viri?) do:

1. They replicate quickly -- okay, Windows does that.

2. Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so -- okay, Windows does that.

3. Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk -- okay, Windows does that, too.

4. Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too.

5. Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's with Windows, too.

Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences: Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.

So, Windows is not a virus

Now thats a good joke

 

[duffarama]

Many people say that Bill Gates is a joke for establishing Microsoft in the first place.

 

[Nikhil_Verma]

Bill Gates once said the 640KB of RAM would be enough for the future systems!!!

And I have heard that he is a 10th pass only

 

[duffarama]

LOL, now it is past 1GB.

 

[brad352]

The quote, "640K should be enough for anyone", attributed to Bill Gates, is often used as a humorous jab at Gates. In fact, the geek even used it in his geek trivia news letter. My question for you, even though I'll answer it myself, is this. Do you think Bill Gates really said that, or is it an urban legend? Most people would answer yes, he did say that, because it's been repeated so many times. However, Bill Gates never did say it, at least not in the context as often presented (or so he says).

In the spirit of the old saying, a lie will travel 10,000 miles before the truth puts its shoes on, I though I might try to dispel that urban legend by telling what Bill Gates really did say, and the context in which it was said. His main point, at least according to Gates himself, was that the 640K limit in early PCs was imposed by the design of processing chips, not the software, and he'd been pushing to raise the limit. So in the context of the limits imposed by the "chip of the day", and the chip of that day was the 8088, 640k was indeed enough for anybody, because any more than that wasn't supported by the processor limitations.

 

[duffarama]

So it could be a myth... but I am guess it is true though that he said it.

 

[Nikhil_Verma]

Recently he also said that there is no future for DVD!!!

 

[duffarama]

Whoa! If there isn't a future for DVDs, is there a future for anything for him?

 

[Nikhil_Verma]

Bill Gates is a guy who has a nut loose and speaks anything that comes in his foul mouth...

Here is a joke...!!!


What did Bill Gate's wife said to him in the night??












Now I know why you named your company MICRO SOFT !!!!!

 

[duffarama]

Ha ha, that's a good one mate. Better than my old crappy jokes I must say.