Phil Cook wrote:

>> They have succeeded in convincing the general public that it's 
>> "normal" for software to not work properly, and there's no real 
>> competition to illustrate the falsehood of this idea. So why bother 
>> making a better product when you can just continue ripping people off?
> 
> To be fair they've failed to pass the blame on to the faulty/cheating 
> device drivers that are more often the cause of the problems, to be 
> unfair they should have written an OS that didn't allow faulty/cheating 
> device drivers to function.

You can't really prevent crappy software from being crappy. But when you 
release crappy products yourself, and generally create the consumer 
expectation that it's "normal" for software to not work correctly, why 
are 3rd parties going to aim any higher?

>> If M$ suddenly started making really awsome products, people would 
>> like it.
> 
> Well yeah and as has been mentioned if Ford started making Rolls Royces 
> at 'normal' prices then people would like that too.

Software that works properly is *not* Rolls Royce design. It's *basic* 
design! You don't go to a watch shop and hear "well, you can have this 

actually tells the right time", do you? In a watch shop, *ALL* the 
watches WORK PROPERLY! Even the absurdly cheap ones. Sheesh...

>> What everybody hates is being forced to buy extortionately over-priced 
>> crapware because somebody has illegally exterminated all competition.
> 
> No-one's forcing you to buy a computer, no-one's forcing you to buy 
> Microsoft products

No-one's forcing you to buy a computer. But IF you buy one, it's pretty 
much a certain that you *will* have to run M$ software on it. I tried to 
escape, but it just can't be done...

>>> At least we've LiveCDs now that helps so much.
>>
>> BTW, have you ever used a Windows Live CD?
> 
> I've yet to be inflicted with the pleasure.

Norton Ghost.

The old version I've got at work boots into PC-DOS and lets you run the 
software. However, the newer version my Dad has boots into a Live 
Windows and only lets you perform restores, not backups. You must 
install the bloatware onto your HD to perform backups. >_<

You know how CD-ROMs have a *really* long seek time? Well, for random 
access, that's BAD.

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