My biggest frustration with Microsoft is that they clearly have the resources to make a better product than they do. I've heard many excuses as to why the operating system isn't more stable or secure. They are, however, simply excuses. With Microsoft's resources, they really have no excuse. Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, and others have shown us that it is possible to create a more stable and secure operating system with LESS resources than Microsoft.
I have a different beef with Microsoft Office. Here, there are some gripes about stability and security (more security than stability), but my biggest complaint is price. Way too expensive. You want to fight software piracy, Bill? Make your prices MUCH more reasonable. There is definitely a priceline at which a user, who would not normally pirate software, will consider pirating software simply because the cost is too prohibitive. Something to think about.
So that perspective is made clear, I am a long-time Mac user. I'm also into Linux and BSD. I don't consider myself a zealot or a bigot. I don't wish Microsoft would fail. On the contrary, I think it would be a great benefit to the entire community to see them succeed and succeed well. It frustrates me that they choose not to.
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And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords...
My biggest frustration with Microsoft is that they clearly have the resources to make a better product than they do. I've heard many excuses as to why the operating system isn't more stable or secure. They are, however, simply excuses. With Microsoft's resources, they really have no excuse. Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, and others have shown us that it is possible to create a more stable and secure operating system with LESS resources than Microsoft. I have a different beef with Microsoft Office. Here, there are some gripes about stability and security (more security than stability), but my biggest complaint is price. Way too expensive. You want to fight software piracy, Bill? Make your prices MUCH more reasonable. There is definitely a priceline at which a user, who would not normally pirate software, will consider pirating software simply because the cost is too prohibitive. Something to think about. So that perspective is made clear, I am a long-time Mac user. I'm also into Linux and BSD. I don't consider myself a zealot or a bigot. I don't wish Microsoft would fail. On the contrary, I think it would be a great benefit to the entire community to see them succeed and succeed well. It frustrates me that they choose not to.
Ah, the yonder days of yore, when you could boot up a TI-99/4A or a Commodore 64 in a mere 2-3 seconds.
Sure, you only had 64 K of total RAM (16 K with the TI; unless you had a PE).
Sure, the Commodore 1541 floppy drive was only slightly faster than handwriting machine code and typing it into the machine.
Sure, the OS wasn't upgradable (by any software means).
Sure, my cell phone's processor could run circles around their CPUs.
But you gotta admit, they booted FAST!
When Slackware starts supporting more platforms, I'll agree with you.
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It's been a long time, but I think it was about $50 for 64 MB (four 30-pin SIMMs). Don't remember where I bought them. It was about 7 or 8 years ago.
From an admiring fan with his own Mac SE/30 (68030) w/ 128 MB of RAM running Debian (hey, it makes a GREAT web server).
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