3 Apr
2013
3 Apr
'13
2:47 p.m.
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Ian King <IanK at vulcan.com> wrote:
As I understand it, a certain large software company
of my acquaintance
uses the mandatory reboot as a convenience, rather than determining
whether affected components are in fact in use. Easier for the programmer
- sorry, user! You don't matter.
And if you ever lived through a fresh install of Windows 2000 on blank
hardware, you can probably relate to this "joke" we came up with during
the endless cycles of hardware detect/reboot along the way...
"Windows has detected mouse movement. Windows will reboot to commit
this change"
-ethan