Re: XP has no significant bugs that any significant number of users want fixed


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> >and they are crafty and adaptable just like humans are. In the absence
> >of technology that fundamentally alters the dynamics of the situation,
> >the germs will remain one step ahead of those working to combat them.
>
> If a germ is propagated only by anal sex, and you stop having anal sex,
> you don't have a virus anymore. Germs cannot adapt to deal with measures
> known to stop the spread of the disease. Germs might stay one step ahead,
> but humans can control the method used to spread those germs.


Okay getting a little too graphic for my fragile mind, but...

While you may be able to stop that particular virus, nature is adaptable and
given enough time will concoct a new disease that exploits some other
weakness instead.


> > Don't get me wrong, Microsoft isn't perfect, and they do have
> >room to improve. On the other hand, they aren't just a bunch of evil
> >villians deliberately making products designed to frustrate people's
> >existances.
>
> I see a lot of "I love Microsoft" in that statement <g> You are entitled
> to that mindset, as much as I am gonna stay on the "I think they suck"
> bandwagon.


Well I don't love Microsoft, but I don't hate them either. They are just a
company just like any other that makes decisions that it believes to be the
best given the circumstances. If I had been in Bill Gates' shoes from the
beginning, I can't guarantee I would have/nor currently make different
decisions. As powerful as Bill Gates is he isn't all powerful. Similarly
as powerful as the president of the USA is, he isn't all powerful either
(which is to say not all problems in the world can be blamed on the US
president). The solution to some types of problems requires more power than
even the most powerful person in the world. That isn't to say that people
in power couldn't make changes that would help fix the problems that do
exist. And that isn't to say that people in power don't abuse their
positions by not acting when they should act.


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