The question is, does this release fix the "DAMN this game is IMPOSSIBLE!!" bug, or the "Holy crap, I keep dying for no reason." Bug?
This is almost a good point actually. A friend of mine sat down to play nethack. First step they took, their pet got squished by a falling rock. New game. First step they took, a poison dart shot out from the wall and killed them.
As funny as it is, in a way, to walk into a dungeon and suddenly you're dead for no reason, it can be more than a little frustrating, and it's hard to get newbies hooked on the game when they're just getting to the 'Hey, this is neat' and suddenly they're dead through no fault of their own.
--Dan
I have a good reason to upgrade - maybe not for an individual, but for a corporation:
Visual Basic scripting support
Why do people want it? Lots of reasons. What does it have to do with installing Office 2k3? Simple. You don't have to have it.
That's right, you can uninstall (or just not install) visual basic scripting support in general (i.e. for the office suite), and you can do likewise for vb support in Outlook. Sound like a good thing? It does to me.
For people who will say 'Microsoft shouldn't have had these gaping security holes in the first place' or 'they should have fixed it sooner': you're right, they shouldn't have, but they did. Now, they're fixing them, and this is good.
Also, for people who want to complain about this version just being full of more bloat and blah blah blah, this version installed faster for me than Office 2k, the install was easier, and it took less space than 2k - even though I installed Excel, which I never do, and threw in tons of templates and wizards, and other junk I never do.
Hate Windows, but Office is a good product, and it's what brings in money for MS. Believe it or not, they take the time to do it right.
--Dan
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The question is, does this release fix the "DAMN this game is IMPOSSIBLE!!" bug, or the "Holy crap, I keep dying for no reason." Bug? This is almost a good point actually. A friend of mine sat down to play nethack. First step they took, their pet got squished by a falling rock. New game. First step they took, a poison dart shot out from the wall and killed them. As funny as it is, in a way, to walk into a dungeon and suddenly you're dead for no reason, it can be more than a little frustrating, and it's hard to get newbies hooked on the game when they're just getting to the 'Hey, this is neat' and suddenly they're dead through no fault of their own. --Dan
I have a good reason to upgrade - maybe not for an individual, but for a corporation: Visual Basic scripting support Why do people want it? Lots of reasons. What does it have to do with installing Office 2k3? Simple. You don't have to have it. That's right, you can uninstall (or just not install) visual basic scripting support in general (i.e. for the office suite), and you can do likewise for vb support in Outlook. Sound like a good thing? It does to me. For people who will say 'Microsoft shouldn't have had these gaping security holes in the first place' or 'they should have fixed it sooner': you're right, they shouldn't have, but they did. Now, they're fixing them, and this is good. Also, for people who want to complain about this version just being full of more bloat and blah blah blah, this version installed faster for me than Office 2k, the install was easier, and it took less space than 2k - even though I installed Excel, which I never do, and threw in tons of templates and wizards, and other junk I never do. Hate Windows, but Office is a good product, and it's what brings in money for MS. Believe it or not, they take the time to do it right. --Dan