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Worst Microsoft Screw-Up In Recent Memory

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-14 1:12:18 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 But hey, as long as they had the licenses for them, it's okay.

Posted by BH 2005-01-14 1:26:42 PM|| 2005-01-14 1:26:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 ...added 58 folders, 786 files, and an incredible 11,915 registry entries to my computer

Typical activity for installing MS software. ;o)

Posted by badanov 2005-01-14 1:30:43 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-01-14 1:30:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 If more companies were to port their applications to Linux (Adobe, are you reading this? hint hint..."Premiere"), Microsoft stupidity wouldn't be a problem.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-14 2:54:12 PM|| 2005-01-14 2:54:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Or, just go to OS X.

Posted by Brett_the_Quarkian 2005-01-14 2:56:54 PM|| 2005-01-14 2:56:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Brett-I was a Windows user for years and years. I am also an artist. My sister, who is an artist and only uses Macs, said, "if you are an artist, you should be using a Mac". The buzz was Macs are easier, more intuitive. So dummy me, I bought a Mac.

A huge mistake. Completely unintuitive, poor communication features (sending links instaed of Internet pages, document reformatting problems and garbles in transmission to Windows enivronments-but not from Windows to Mac). I will say Mac is better for music files and graphics, but other than that, I am hugely disappointed. BTW it's a G4-Mac OS X.

Posted by Jules 187 2005-01-14 3:08:12 PM|| 2005-01-14 3:08:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I tell people now that web based applications are the way to go. Web-based applications are OS agnostic,secure, accurate and fast. I believe that IBM is pushing web based business applications (Web Sphere??) which are web based, web pages coupled with a net-aware database.

If in fact companies really start moving in this direction (web based applications ), it will render OS choice irrelevant.

Disclaimer: I used to be a real Linux nut, but then I discovered FreeBSD after the SCO stuffies was going on. I use Windows at home, but at work as much as possible I use a RedHat 7.3 server running Gnome and the Galeon browser as a personal internet machine.

Posted by badanov 2005-01-14 3:20:47 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-01-14 3:20:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I tell people now that web based applications are the way to go.

So is it safe to assume Java will take over the lead from C++? I hope so anyway...

Linux has come a long way, I must admit, with its easy (or easier) installation, cool desktop (Xorg with KDE, Gnome) etc. But it's still not entirely intuitive and as easy to use as Windows.
BTW, Slackware is the only way to go :-)

Posted by Rafael 2005-01-14 4:44:00 PM|| 2005-01-14 4:44:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 No idea. I am not a programmer myself and the only modern computer programming language I have any familiarity with is perl. Now, computers are not my day job, although for my family's company I did engineer a web-based check writing/accounting program and it works very well.

Having said all that, my understanding of Java is that you program it and it can run on anything, just like perl. Java is a complete scripting language with module for databases and other things. That alone places it miles above C++.

Posted by badanov 2005-01-14 4:51:55 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-01-14 4:51:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Or, just go to OS X.

I'm a Unix groupie myself. (Solaris on the machine at work, and I have two shell accounts) The only Windoze utilization for me typically is dialing up/surfing, playing Doom, and editing videos.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-14 6:20:24 PM|| 2005-01-14 6:20:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Whatever you do--just don't download the "license" for the "protected content" on that smut you just pulled down.
It's like screaming to the world: "I just downloaded a gig of midget porn, and I want everyone to know about it!!!"
Fer cryin' out loud, if you're going to freejack files from WinMX or Kazaalite K++, you just DON'T expect them to be digitally protected, especially with a license. This isn't so much an exploit as it is a simple con job for dummies.

Posted by Asedwich 2005-01-14 7:45:32 PM|| 2005-01-14 7:45:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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