[IP] eol MS Windows Crash Traps Thai Politician in Car

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Robert Ferguson <info@fergusonlabs.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 19:38:58 -0700
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: RE: [IP] MS Windows Crash Traps Thai Politician in Car

Oh, please. 

There is no information in the article. Presuming that the incident happened
as described, it could have been any number of things, and a bug in the
embedded OS is hardly the most likely.

Immediately placing the blame at the doorstep of the embedded OS
manufacturer for this incident is no different than immediately concluding
that the reason your desktop computer froze is due to a hardware bug in the
microprocessor. It's possible, but not the first line of investigation.

As much as bashing Microsoft is the modern day sport of kings, Occam's razor
remains a useful tool.

Rob Ferguson
Ferguson Labs



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