Adam Trickett <adam.trickett@???> wrote:
>
> On Friday 08 December 2006 21:45, luis wrote:
>
> I shall assume you are not a sad little troll.
>
>> > Dr Trickett, why do you think that 96% of computers users in the world
>> > use Windows?
>
> This is factually incorrect. Most servers that do all the things that are
> important like run power stations, run the telephone network and Internet,
> run banks, keep satelites and aeroplanes from colliding and so on, DO NOT RUN
> Windows. Most of the important jobs trusted to computers run on old style
> mainframes, Unix operating systems of some sorts and are now starting to run
> Linux. Almost nothing that is important runs on Windows. That's a fact.
>
[big snip]
Several ATM networks both here in the UK and North America run on MS
Windows as they have been taken down a number of times by various
malware attacks. As the ATM system is currently the only method for me
to obtain cash, I find them an "important" system.
