Is this slashdot or Classiccmp? Re: Microsoft bashing

-----------------Original Message: Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 14:59:56 -1000 From: Warren Wolfe <lists at databasics.us> Subject: Re: Is this slashdot or Classiccmp? Re: Microsoft bashing Josh Dersch wrote: <snip> .... if you have to reboot your XP machine 2x a day then I'd suggest checking the hardware for faults. Oh, dear. First, thanks for your attempt to assist. Well, at the risk of compounding any potential trouble I might be in.... I DID test the hardware... By running ... shall we say .... "other software" for many months without problem. Also, I would point out that the same behavior has been observed on other machines. And, finally, let me point out that I have adopted a "twice a day" boot plan as prophylaxis for O/S problems, not because I am HAVING problems twice a day. Stepping gingerly, Warren ----------------------------Reply: Considering that many thousands if not millions of folks are happily using Windows and Microsoft apps 24/7 without any real problems, I think the fact that you and your clients are having such a different experience probably says more about you than Microsoft. Maybe you should try to find out what the problem actually is with your particular installations and fix it, instead of just complaining about Microsoft and rebooting twice a day; I don't think I or any of my clients would put up with that for very long. Writing an email program in BASIC 27 years ago hardly makes you an expert in properly configuring a system today, any more than my wiring IBM plugboards 45 years ago, and I don't think many folks here will be inpressed by your "25 years PC experience" either. BTW, if you've been around that long then you should know that dBase's history is not at all your "every version better than the previous one" example of what MS products should be; I'd say that dBase 4.0 was even worse than Vista, relatively speaking... You're "confused" because you KNOW that you could have done a better job than Microsoft? Heh, I'm just amused... that's where you *really* lose credibility... m