1) I thought Microsoft Bashing as a participant sport went out in the late 1990's...
....but it's really easy to attack them for no other reason but that they're the biggest ones in the room.
And for what it's worth, my PC at work is running Vista on a machine never stickered for Vista
Switch to .NET...your brain will thank you. ;)
Yer crazy!! @_@
Yeah, OK...I'm going to play Devil's Advocate here...And it's all in good spirits :)
Even though I loathe Microsoft, not for their largeness, but for the tactics that helped them attain their largeness. Any producer of any product, knowingly putting sub-standard product on the market for the sake of a short-term dollar and then billing it as a quantum leap forward for your quality of life is so totally unethical that they should have their corporate charter revoked and thrown in prison. This includes hardware companies involved in intentional obsoletism, to Microsoft, to car companies, to pharms, to whatever. At the end of the day though, only the consumers of these products can hold vendors responsible, because all other institutions are systemically involved in propagating irresponsible behaviour. So although Dorg, you are right we should maybe just move on from Microsoft I also suggest that these sorts of dialogues create momentum to demand greater responsibility from our corporate citizens. So keep on being devil's advocate, and lets hope the angels continue to sing!
Uh, is this the part where we burn our underwear and sing protest songs?
I burn my underware as a matter of course. I'm not trying to make a statement though.
Switch to .NET...your brain will thank you. ;)
Even though I loathe Microsoft, not for their largeness, but for the tactics that helped them attain their largeness. Any producer of any product, knowingly putting sub-standard product on the market for the sake of a short-term dollar and then billing it as a quantum leap forward for your quality of life is so totally unethical that they should have their corporate charter revoked and thrown in prison. This includes hardware companies involved in intentional obsoletism, to Microsoft, to car companies, to pharms, to whatever. At the end of the day though, only the consumers of these products can hold vendors responsible, because all other institutions are systemically involved in propagating irresponsible behaviour. So although Dorg, you are right we should maybe just move on from Microsoft I also suggest that these sorts of dialogues create momentum to demand greater responsibility from our corporate citizens. So keep on being devil's advocate, and lets hope the angels continue to sing!
Meh. If you want to program in Java, why not just program in Java?
And Linux...heh...they're so ashamed of that product they have to give it away... ;)
I don't mind calling Microsoft to the carpet for legitimate reasons, but let's all be honest with ourselves here and not just target them because they're Microsoft.
I perfer KFC over MFC. Its finger linkin' good!
If (and it's a big IF) Linux or MacOS (any version) had the same market penetration as Windows:
* People would bash them with equal fervor
* More malware writers would target those platforms.
*Gasps very loudly and falls over*
Terrible, just terrible. Long live freeware and shareware!
No one's targeting MS for invalid reasons, here. When essentially the largest and wealthiest company in the world can't make an OS that functions properly and isn't absolutely riddled and teeming with bugs, issues, gaping holes, and various mysterious ailments - what else can you expect? Yep, all products have flaws, obviously. But flaws to this size and extent are what's shameful. You can't tell me you've never spent hellish days tinkering with winbloze incompetence until you just wanted to pour water over your motherboard and cackle viciously?
I've got a Mac-crazy sibling, myself, who loves to toss this one at me:(http://klerann.joueb.com/images/mac%20vs%20pc_1.jpg)
*spits out breakfast cereal laughing*
*Gasps very loudly and falls over*
Terrible, just terrible. Long live freeware and shareware!
No one's targeting MS for invalid reasons, here. When essentially the largest and wealthiest company in the world can't make an OS that functions properly and isn't absolutely riddled and teeming with bugs, issues, gaping holes, and various mysterious ailments - what else can you expect? Yep, all products have flaws, obviously. But flaws to this size and extent are what's shameful. You can't tell me you've never spent hellish days tinkering with winbloze incompetence until you just wanted to pour water over your motherboard and cackle viciously?
I definitely see the logic here. However! Every malware writer I've ever heard of used a Unix-core OS, mostly Linux. Interesting...
Most of my frustrations with Windows, or any OS, is due to poorly-behaving third-party software...or worse...poorly-behaving users who just accept any old virus that wants to install itself.:O You're not implying something, are you? Heh. Viruses I haven't had much trouble at all with - just once when I had to reformat and the instant I connected to the internet in order to grab service packs and AVG, I would be ravaged by a regional LSASS thing. That was back in the age of 2k. Had to install some Mandrake and used that to download what I needed to even be able to install Windows. :P
And FWIW, when I was in college (15 or so years ago), 9 out of 10 viruses on campus were MacOS viruses. :p
But sure, I'm not trying to say we should go for the OS "most virus scripters choose!" Gotta admit they're far less vulnerable, though.
This blog was wrote by another person but he shares a lot of the same views as I do so I put it on my myspace page, trust me its funny.
Entitled One thing PC users can do that Mac users cant!
blog.myspace.com/44816394 (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=44816394&blogID=246477675&MyToken=98111532-412f-4949-99e0-94c88a7a05cd)
All the Vista nonsense is just too hilarious. It doesn't even make me smile. **Looks down at the "Vista Capable!" sticker on her laptop** I bought you for school when my PC's HD mysteriously died while I was on vacation! Nothing more!
Every other day I tell myself I've had enough of MS. Then I fire up Linux and groan about the new things I haven't yet learned, and boot back into MS. Laziness knows no bounds. (Or lack of time, however you want to put it.) Just a couple of days ago, I installed a vital MS security update. Which resulted in the destruction of my Realtech soundcard dll. Contact distributor for a new dll. Yep, I'll just call Realtech right up.
But whaddya mean, Adobe? Not Adobe!! PS is so... so... integral!!
Oh man, realtech sucks... Their junk has given me so much grief. I finally ripped an old SB Live! out of a P3 I have laying around and used that rather than the onboard realtech junk soundcard.