being properly configured. They shut off the PC without shutting down the OS first, and then wonder why they have missing DLL files and errors on their programs and hard drives. Also it could be that third party junk they install from the Internet that replaces the Windows KERNEL and other system files. That one cracks me up to no end, even Visual BASIC does that! The only reason you would need to upgrade an OS Kernel is during an OS Upgrade, not a software install. So Windows software piddles with the DLL files and hence you get DLL-Hell. But Windows 2000 and XP have fixed that, sort of.

But the main reasons why Windows is so popular is that:

#1 The Majority of the market uses it.

#2 Easy to install.

#3 Comes bundled with the PC.

#4 Managers seem to like the idea of only having one company to get a support contract with, which is why they choose all Microsoft products. If they chose Oracle, they would have to get a support contract with Oracle and Microsoft, so instead they choose SQL Server. Brilliant, or at least they think so!

#5 It runs a majority of the software out there, which happens to be, you guessed it, Windows based!