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MS Office v.X Gets Service Release
techwolf writes "Microsoft put out a patch to Office v.X that touts more than 1000 performance improvements. In other words, 1000 ways they could have written the code better the first time."
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Wow, we got 'em again! Sometimes I pity—yes, pity—Windblowz users. For all of their zealotry and blind worship of Master Gates, for all of their outlandish licensing fees, for all of their virus-proofing and fire-wallowing, they still have to put up with a product that's about 1000 sandwiches short of a picnic.
* shakes head in dumb disbelief *
This just goes to show how antiquated the closed source methedology is. While M$ customers struggle trying to get version after version to function at all without destroying their hard drives entirely, Linux users sit back smugly, and relax.
It is just more testimony to the effectiveness of open source (the bazaar rather than the cathedral) that Linux users have never felt it necessary to install a service patch for the hypothetical Linux office suite.
Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
It's a good thing we never had to upgrade beyond linux kernel 1.0... and undoubtably we'll all be using Mozilla 1.0 in 10 years, once it comes out..because Open Source developers always write the code correctly the first time..unlike those pesky Microsoft losers....
Is there a way to moderate a story as Troll -1?
rOD.
Rod Begbie done this, and he's not
Care to share that serial with us, please?