James Burgess

One can understand entirely the uses of Windows in a desktop environment, as that’s what it was designed to be a - a desktop operating system.  What I can’t really understand, is how it worms its way into locations where simplistic, and more reliable, embedded systems should rule the roost.

With the news on one MSDN blog (by a Microsoft systems engineer) recently arising, that Windows 3.11 is to be ‘officially discontinued’, I began to wonder exactly where, except in PC environments, Windows would still be used on a regular basis.  I’d heard horror stories of Windows-based ATM’s crashing, and the like, but I thought these were probably rare incompetancies in IT departments - alas, ’tis not the case.

Whilst browsing around for information, I came upon a useful page that pretty much rendered my own ‘collation’ attempts rather useless.  So, instead of boring you with a repetition of what has already been written, may I present you with the Top Ten Worst Uses for Windows.

Enjoy