Re: XP is great




<learning@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In <Do6dnU3-G8SPacbfRVn-hw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 04/12/05
> at 12:13 PM, Mark Jones <abuse@xxxxxxxxx> said:

> Let's take a look at that position..... Several hundred million users,
> and you. You don't have problems, odds are some of those several million
> users do. Therefore, the perception is that some people don't have
> trouble, while many, many more have lots of troubles.

Errr:

Odds are very much *higher* that very, very few people out of serveral
hundred millions actually

a) have problems.
b) know that they do.
c) know enough to gripe about it on usenet.
d) but not enough to leave it be ...

>From experience with tech support: the people who have problems with XP, are
people who cannot leave it well enough alone. Default Install *works* -
because that is *the one* that was Tested - try anything else and *you will
suffer*.!!

*That's* how people break their installs.

PS:

Microsoft could eliminate 80% of the XP/Office failures by removing all
forms of interactivity from the installer!!



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