Certainly, but MS still have a reputation for producing buggy crash-prone systems, when a great deal of the blame is really due to the hodge-podge of systems on which Windows runs.
They may be having to build entire blocks to fit their mountains of cash, but that all comes from being seen as the cheap standard option - the software equivalent of the supermarket brand.
(If you just mean to point out that having a brand that's not too well regarded doesn't preclude a company from raking in the money, then we're in agreement.)
Posted Apr 4, 2011 16:34 UTC (Mon) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
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sorry, I don't see their reliability problems being due to the hardware vendors. If that was the case then sticking strictly to the top-tier vendors who explicitly partner with Microsoft would eliminate the problems, and historically it has not (yes, it reduces it to some extent, but it does not eliminate it)