Re: XP is great

In <L2d8e.35035$vt1.5280@edtnps90>, on 04/16/05
at 06:44 PM, Ted Edwards <Ted_Espamless@xxxxxxxxx> said:
>>
>> Backups? Shoot, ..... xcopy *.* /h/o/t/s/e/r/v to another drive. All
>> done.... Windows? Just a sad little joke in comparison.

>The only exception I take to that is I ZIP the drives and write to
>CD/DVD. Handy and saves space.

I do that as well. Didn't want to get into details tho :-) What I do is
xcopy or drag the entire partition to another location, and zip up that
'backup' to store it on a CD/DVD. That way I have a copy of everything I
need without having to get it off the CD. Sometimes I get to messing
around and screw something up, so I just copy it back from the other
drive. So far, I have never needed the stuff off the CD, but its there if
I do.

The OS/2 base system on my machine was installed in 1998 and has never
been reinstalled since. I have moved it from machine to machine with
backups, or just swapping in the hard drive, and fix packs were easily
installed. Anyone out there still using their windows install from 1998?
:-)

Overall, no matter how each OS/2 user does it, the process is drop dead
simple, and makes windows look like a tinker toy with all its
"registry/dll/drop it all over the drive and use shortcuts" baloney.
Fixing an OS/2 system problem is a piece of cake. I don't even bother
trying to fix friend's windows machines. I just tell them to reinstall.
Life is too short so they better have their data on another parition. They
learn pretty quickly. <g>

I have installed windows apps that don't bother with the registry or
anything, and they will run from anyplace, but the way M$ demands it to be
done is silly, and not necessary. Its all about control, and lazy
programming, no matter how you view it. When someone argues that the
registry and path control is necessary, I just show em OS/2 and ask why it
can't be done that way instead. Fact is, it could have been, but bill
clung to his sad little DOS stuff for way too long.


JB
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