Down here in Orlando at Disney West Side (Pleasure Island) they have a huge 24 theater AMC joint, well anyways, while back I was chillin with friends and we had a camera with us, just filming craziness and what we did basically. We went to see a movie, and (with the camera around my neck) I bought the ticket, passed by the ticket taker, got food at the snack bar, passed the usher outside the doors to the theater, LEFT the theater to go to the restroom, AND RE-ENTERED with an usher walking NEXT to me! Crazy! I taped about 2 minutes of the movie (Truman Show at the time) but I really didn't have much tape left and the night was still young heh. --- Chad * How about never? Is never good for you?
Why don't they just call it Plus!98 2 or something else Microsoft-esque? Seriously though, folks, my "average joe" theory on bugfixes is this:
1) I didn't purchase this program on the contingency that there are major (or minor) bugs still in the software
2) I shouldn't have to worry about quirks/bugs in a final, shrinkwrapped (figuratively speaking; I've never unwrapped a 98 box:) version of a major OS, and I certainly shouldn't have to PAY to fix THEIR sloppy code and ultimately, THEIR bugs.
As one person said before, I can understand a charge for a maintenance release/upgrade of a major program such as Oracle, Sybase, and even major applications specific to an industry or custom programmed. But, often times, if you're a large enough sale/account, a representative from the company will come out and ISSUE the bugfix/update FOR YOU.
Microsoft is off base here. I doubt this will last long once the mainstream print and television media catches on.
I also find it quite humorous that not only are they fixing bugs with this "Second Edition", but they're "..adding new technologies and expanded driver support." I think the only driver that I use on my 95 system that *CAME* with 95 is the Microsoft Serial Mouse driver. I don't need to pay $89 to have MS download the latest driver(s) for me and then, as they like to say so much, 'seamlessly integrate'-it into the Windows Hardware list.
All you people need to chill - who's running this place? Certainly not you. So stop TELLING Slashdot how they should run their site. They're providing this as a service to everybody, the LEAST you could do is stop complaining and start thanking them for all the hard work and dedication they put into it to keep all of us informed. Makes me sick reading this crap. And for the record, Slashdot ISN'T only about the "Linux Community". It's about everything and anything that interests us nerds:)
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Down here in Orlando at Disney West Side (Pleasure Island) they have a huge 24 theater AMC joint, well anyways, while back I was chillin with friends and we had a camera with us, just filming craziness and what we did basically. We went to see a movie, and (with the camera around my neck) I bought the ticket, passed by the ticket taker, got food at the snack bar, passed the usher outside the doors to the theater, LEFT the theater to go to the restroom, AND RE-ENTERED with an usher walking NEXT to me! Crazy! I taped about 2 minutes of the movie (Truman Show at the time) but I really didn't have much tape left and the night was still young heh. --- Chad * How about never? Is never good for you?
As one person said before, I can understand a charge for a maintenance release/upgrade of a major program such as Oracle, Sybase, and even major applications specific to an industry or custom programmed. But, often times, if you're a large enough sale/account, a representative from the company will come out and ISSUE the bugfix/update FOR YOU.
Microsoft is off base here. I doubt this will last long once the mainstream print and television media catches on.
I also find it quite humorous that not only are they fixing bugs with this "Second Edition", but they're "..adding new technologies and expanded driver support." I think the only driver that I use on my 95 system that *CAME* with 95 is the Microsoft Serial Mouse driver. I don't need to pay $89 to have MS download the latest driver(s) for me and then, as they like to say so much, 'seamlessly integrate'-it into the Windows Hardware list.
Sheesh.
-Chad
Can't wait until this thing is final and stable (not saying that this release won't be stable, but...). Still gonna download it and check it however.
All you people need to chill - who's running this place? Certainly not you. So stop TELLING Slashdot how they should run their site. They're providing this as a service to everybody, the LEAST you could do is stop complaining and start thanking them for all the hard work and dedication they put into it to keep all of us informed. Makes me sick reading this crap. And for the record, Slashdot ISN'T only about the "Linux Community". It's about everything and anything that interests us nerds :)