XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 24 Feb 2026 20:26:08 GMT, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:30:08 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:   
   >>   
   >>>     The POP3 server service depends on the SMTP server service, which   
   >>>     failed to start because of the following error:   
   >>>     The operation completed successfully.   
   >>>             -- Windows NT Server v3.51   
   >>>   
   >>> (Found in /usr/share/games/fortunes/linux)   
   >>   
   >> NT 4 wasn't much better iirc.   
   >   
   > NT 4 introduced me to the BSOD. It greeted me every Monday morning. I   
   > forget what I was running at home, 95 or maybe 98, but it was more   
   > stable than the 'enterprise' offering.   
      
   A programmer friend of mine swore that 95 was more stable than 98, but I   
   found that 98SE was as good as it got in the 9x line. For what it's worth,   
   Windows 95 never crashed if all the software installed on the machine was   
   from Microsoft itself.   
      
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