They're not up to it? Do you have any idea how many people (especially in the 3D rendering world) are relying on Windows 2000? I can personally attest to never having lost a render to a Windows 2000 instability."
I acctually have to agree, cus my best windows experience is with 2000. I've not lost anything significant on the 2000 platform either. Which is great. Still, I can personally attest to a buffer underrun in Windows 2000.
"Believe me, you never forget when 48hours of render time is lost."
You go 48 hours without saving!?
I wouldn't even fault windows for that!
That's true. They have accomplished a lot in terms of the realm in which they do business. BUT, if I am only correct 50% of the time at work, If I am scheduled for an eight hour day and only work for 4 of them, I'm fired. In this case the niceties should be waived, and in the end they are either Very successful (a few bugs here and there, nothing too major), or inadequate, carte blanche.
No operating system can be perfect granted, but to say with conviction that MS is successful in terms other than "economical" or "market share" is fool hardy.
If MS was an employee of mine, I know I'd fire him.
Shary: If there's a task that must be done, Don't turn your tail and run, Don't pout, don't sob, Just do a half-assed job!
If... you... cut every corner It is really not so bad, Everybody does it, Even mom and dad. If nobody sees it, Then nobody gets mad, Bart: It's the American way!
Shary: The policeman on the beat Needs some time to rest his feet. Wiggum: Fighting crime is not my cup of tea! Shary: And the clerk who runs the store Can charge a little more For meat! Apu: For meat! Shary: And milk! Apu: And milk! Both: From 1984!
Shary: If... you... cut every corner, You'll have more time for play, Shary & OFF: It's the American waaaaay!
"With Windows there are a gazillion vendors of every component you can imagine."
Not accusing you of staunch defense, but I love when people in general use this line in defense of microsoft crashicity. If you ask me, MS is the one that choose which sandbox they wanted to play in. If they wanted to be strictly proprietary they could've chosen that route. Clearly MS took on a challenge they were not up to in the end.
I still believe that file sharing is a scapegoat for the real reason in dropping cd sales. Baby boomers have finished replacing their vinyl. Nuff said.
Sure I believe file swapping is stealing. But if it never existed sales figures would be the same as they are now. Basically the internet has created a victimless crime. In my model of the world anyway.
I ask the question. How many people anywhere can afford to buy 500 cd's in a couple of months. The RIAA acctually thinks that people have made the disicion to not spend 10 000 dollars on them every three months? And to get it for free/steal it instead?
Pass interferance is waved off if the ball is ruled uncatchable.
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They're not up to it? Do you have any idea how many people (especially in the 3D rendering world) are relying on Windows 2000? I can personally attest to never having lost a render to a Windows 2000 instability."
I acctually have to agree, cus my best windows experience is with 2000. I've not lost anything significant on the 2000 platform either. Which is great. Still, I can personally attest to a buffer underrun in Windows 2000.
"Believe me, you never forget when 48hours of render time is lost."
You go 48 hours without saving!?
I wouldn't even fault windows for that!
That's true. They have accomplished a lot in terms of the realm in which they do business. BUT, if I am only correct 50% of the time at work, If I am scheduled for an eight hour day and only work for 4 of them, I'm fired. In this case the niceties should be waived, and in the end they are either Very successful (a few bugs here and there, nothing too major), or inadequate, carte blanche.
No operating system can be perfect granted, but to say with conviction that MS is successful in terms other than "economical" or "market share" is fool hardy.
If MS was an employee of mine, I know I'd fire him.
Shary: If there's a task that must be done,
Don't turn your tail and run,
Don't pout, don't sob,
Just do a half-assed job!
If... you... cut every corner
It is really not so bad,
Everybody does it,
Even mom and dad.
If nobody sees it,
Then nobody gets mad,
Bart: It's the American way!
Shary: The policeman on the beat
Needs some time to rest his feet.
Wiggum: Fighting crime is not my cup of tea!
Shary: And the clerk who runs the store
Can charge a little more
For meat!
Apu: For meat!
Shary: And milk!
Apu: And milk!
Both: From 1984!
Shary: If... you... cut every corner,
You'll have more time for play,
Shary & OFF: It's the American waaaaay!
"With Windows there are a gazillion vendors of every component you can imagine." Not accusing you of staunch defense, but I love when people in general use this line in defense of microsoft crashicity. If you ask me, MS is the one that choose which sandbox they wanted to play in. If they wanted to be strictly proprietary they could've chosen that route. Clearly MS took on a challenge they were not up to in the end.
I still believe that file sharing is a scapegoat for the real reason in dropping cd sales. Baby boomers have finished replacing their vinyl. Nuff said.
Sure I believe file swapping is stealing. But if it never existed sales figures would be the same as they are now. Basically the internet has created a victimless crime. In my model of the world anyway.
I ask the question. How many people anywhere can afford to buy 500 cd's in a couple of months. The RIAA acctually thinks that people have made the disicion to not spend 10 000 dollars on them every three months? And to get it for free/steal it instead?
Pass interferance is waved off if the ball is ruled uncatchable.