On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:05:27 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:

I've been using Windows since 3.0. That version tended to crash for no
obvious reason. I've not had that problem with any later version.

Around 2004, "something" went wrong with my Windows 2000 installation.
It would boot, but its behavior was screwy. (This might have been due to
a malware attack, but I don't know for sure.) I was obliged to reinstall
it, and had no problems for the next eight years.

When people say that Windows is crash-prone, and/or often requires
reinstallation, I have to wonder what's going on. I've worked many jobs
at Microsoft, and have never seen this. I can only assume it's due to
some sort of user error, or badly written drivers.

Were you working there when Bill Gates was using OS/2 on his own desktop?