TeledyN - Windows vs ... Round 2 - Comments

you have to admit, then, like

mrG — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:04:30 -0500

you have to admit, then, like Bruce Hall down at ReNEWed Computers says, the flimsiness and total lack of guidance, support or any means to do other than black-box guess your way through Windows provides a lucrative business for those who'll venture the bother. I think this is the primary reason you find corner computer shops who will deny the existance of anything outside the Windows/Mac box: Temporarily fixing and then refixing and refixing all those avoidable problems are their bread and butter.

Me, on the other hand, delivered MySympatico in 1997 and never heard another word from my client until last year when they took it down and an ex-manager wrote to say 'thanks'. And that's just one example. Hmmm ... Ramble Alert! -- I'm reminded of an old story ...

Back in the early 80's I made my living doing one-of prototypes for bankers, composers and SME's. Business was not great, but it was steady and interesting. In 1986 or so I discovered the Prolog language and figured out how to quickly write extremely robust user-interface code using backtracking; a typical example was my StarBall code for the Toronto Star sports pool, a program used for twice-annual pools of tens of thousands of contestants and run for nearly 10 years, and a program that took 17 hours to write from blank-paper to polished deliverable.

I was stunned by that result. Discussing my business plans one afternoon, I told my bank manager that I could now produce better code in roughly 1/10th the time of equivalent Pascal. He looked at me, leaned forward, and said, "One tenth the billable hours per customer? That's not very good for business now, is it?"

At the time, I'd thought he was joking.

I used to say that I should fax Bill Gates some flowers because his neglegence and arrogance had directly resulted in most of my revenue ... not to draw any undo conclusions, but I later said the same about Osama bin Laden.

Sad thing is...there are people

bub — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:13:55 -0500

Sad thing is...there are people who think similar things as he posted..and sell the point too. A person that I had set up their company network and updated their system to fat32(long story they had 95 with 4 partitions, and they ran out of virtual memory I put it all back to one partition, thus making the entire massive 6 gig H/D able to be used for virtual memory), tried to install a usb device and the computer froze.He brought it to the local computer store, cure is buy windows xp it solves everything.They will gladly install it, 60 bucks for that advice.I looked into it, the onboard USB was missing the driver, and I couldnt find one..out of date( yes windows xp would very likely not even boot up on this)I installed a separate pci usb card cost 20 bucks for the card and a six of the brown for me.

If you can even entertain the

mrG — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:01:46 -0500

If you can even entertain the thought he might be even only marginally serious in wanting to be monitored or digitally restricted, then I think you've been stung -- I wager odds both this and his MiniMAC exposé are written with tongue firmly encheeked.

lol..This guy is either making

bub — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:02:14 -0500

lol..This guy is either making a joke or is a redmond stooge..lol..I cannot stop laughiong at the ignorance..lol

Windows vs ... Round 2

mrG — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:22:04 -0500

Listen up, yo. The gauntlet is down and the battle is on and it's clear no contest without any doubt that truth be told, Windows is better'n Linux. So says another fun comparator by DivisionTwo's Jorge Lopez, and for not just one measly reason like TCO, but for a whole host of real important reasons, including ...

Windows XP features the dependable DRM features home users demand (keeps you from getting sued!), while product activation and restrictive EULAs limit what people can do with their PCs to the point that someone like cousin Joe or Grandma won't want one, saving guys like you and me from having to deal with annoying family tech support calls
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Testify! Right on the button, bravely spoken and no, he doesn't stop there. He's got more ...