"These days, crashing less seems to be all we can hope for from most applications."
While it may be sad-but-true, do remember that an entire word processor from yesteryear would fit in a single floppy with plenty of space for examples, files, printer drivers, etc and run happily in under half a meg of memory (often much less).
Nowadays? A DVD and hundreds of megabytes of memory...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
