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Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada
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Preben Randhol wrote:
> What is you definition of stable? Win-32 has not had a good record of
> stability at all.

That is pre-nt4. In general windows from nt4 onwards has been good enough
for office use.

Windows 2000 has been quite solid. Windows XP is better.


greetings,