Re: XP is great


"Joel Kolstad" <JKolstad71HatesSpam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is far more likely to be Adobe's problem than Microsoft's...

If you *know* there might be a problem, *why* go there?

"Who's problem it is" does not complete the work you intended to do with
Adobe; it's a distraction, empty work, noise, chaff ....

> Frithiof is living in some la-la land where apparently the "default
> configuration" of the machine works well enough for him; the idea that it
> "should" work well enough for everyone else is of course naive.

You assume entirely too much ...

software fixes are bug-driven, and bug reports are thresholded and filtered
through many layers of "support", so if you want any hope of your particular
bug being fixed, you have to be aligned with the crowd.

Else you will be ignored. Nobody cares about one fault in a consumer
product.


> Heck, even
> the default configuration has plenty of bugs and security problems, as
> witnessed by the many service packs and security patches Microsoft
provides.

<shrug>

My Point Is:

Do you *really want* to volunteer as the latest unpaid tester of new and
interesting configurations or do you want to spend as little time as you
possibly can working on something you do not even own, concentrating on what
you *do* own?

Fixing Microsoft Apps is a bit like putting a new bathroom and kitchen in
your rented appartment - yeah it's nice but do you think the Landlord will
reward you for that?

Nah, he will yank those nice things straight out and put the standard
fittings in place for the next tenant.

> Although I still think XP is a decent OS...

What I said - it *can* get the job done, that's what it is for.

It's not a Tamagochi - but some people apparently use it for that.


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