From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 12 17:51:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EBAE1065672 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:51:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from slackwarewolf@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26E548FC1D for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:51:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from OMTA16.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.72]) by QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id GHEf1d0041ZMdJ4A4Hee2o; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:38:38 +0000 Received: from [192.168.0.101] ([76.112.93.25]) by OMTA16.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id GHew1d00G0Yq9Sc8cHf4uj; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:39:11 +0000 From: Allen To: freebsd-chat In-Reply-To: References: <4B2381BF.3000209@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:34:56 -0500 Message-Id: <1260639296.11462.4.camel@debianbox.medion.org.medion.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: A theory on why microsoft makes such crappy stuff after all these years X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:51:47 -0000 On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 04:44 -0800, Randi Harper wrote: > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman > wrote: > > Microsoft making crappy products is really a conspiracy. The actually know > > how to make good stuff but don't for the following reasons (only the first > > on is a new observation likely): > > > > * If they didn't have any bugs then people would think the program was > > counterfeit > > * Force people to upgrade hardware and software more often > > * Forcing a person to be certified expert to just know how to save > > documents > > > Unproductive. Seriously? You want to talk about how Microsoft sucks? > Nothing you've said is original or even entertaining. > > 1.) What the hell? Are you smoking something? I don't even know how to > respond to that other than: clearly you think FreeBSD has no bugs. > Awesome. Most people who helped invent Unix / Linux / BSD / TCP/IP, smoked something. Berkeley is only known for two products ;) > 2.) Yeah. Because I can totally run KDE 4 on my AMD K6-2. mysql with > sizable databases runs like a fiend on 256MB of RAM. With more complex > software comes the need for better hardware. Next you're going to say > that the gaming industry is a conspiracy. We should have just stuck > with DOOM because everything else requires a better video card. The original DooM did require hardware upgrades. And yes, we should have stuck there. I just got done playing DooM2 and it's still a better game than most out there. I'm picky, but if it's not Unreal Tournament, DooM, Quake, or Wolfenstein, I probably don't play it. Super Tux is the only real exception. > 3.) Hint: It's the save option in the file menu. In vi, it's :w. Which > of these is less intuitive? Gvim has that. > > Did you just discover UNIX or something? Power to you for your > enthusiasm, but bashing other operating systems with uninformed > opinions just makes you look dumb. I'll save his joke: The day Microsoft stops making products that suck is the day they start making Vacuums ;) > Still laughing about #1. > > -- randi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"