IINM, minix is a failed attempt to keep UNIX free, and have its roots on UNIX too. Anyway, for me Win2K or XP are pretty stable and as good as Linux in stability. The main culprits were usually 3rd party programs programmed according to the moronic Win32 API specifications, and Win2k or XP iuself will not crash by itself unless there is hardware problem present. That's why I viewed .NET, which is a possible replacement of Win32 as an underrated good move by Microsoft, and I will certainly support it.