19 Nov
2001
19 Nov
'01
3:22 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com]
the Intel CPU as well as the 'LC040, was
3.11/6.22. I was
working more from the
experience with Windows that I'd had more recently. My
latest Windows, BTW, is
'98SE, and, until they fix some of the very fundamental problems, like
non-working OS utilities, e.g. Backup, I'm not getting any
more M$ OS products.
I'm told it may be a long wait, BTW.
Has microsoft _ever_ had a working backup utility? OK, maybe xenix had a
working version of tar or cpio (I doubt it had both), but that's it.
However, since I'm supposed to "leave my anti-ms baggage at the door,"
according to the faq, don't get me started ;)
This practice of theirs, of buying a non-functional
cast-off from some
financially-troubled software company and then integrating it
into their OS is,
in fact, an example of their "monopolistic practices" since
Just ask yourself why most of these companies are troubled in the first
place...
they've no intention
of supporting the product as an intrinsic function of their
OS, though that's
what they claim, as in the case of Internet Explorer, it is.
Since you can't go
to anyone else for a competing OS product, I guess they
figure you're screwed,
which is how I see it.
Well, my most recent exposure is to windows 2000, which, admittedly, is
nearly as stable as NT 3.x was (4 was a joke). I only use it at work, and
only because they give me no choice. At home, I have plenty of other
options that do whatever I tell them to... ;)
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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