Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:34:56 -0500 From: Allen <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net> To: freebsd-chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A theory on why microsoft makes such crappy stuff after all these years Message-ID: <1260639296.11462.4.camel@debianbox.medion.org.medion.org> In-Reply-To: <e277d6c80912120444w2c3b6e7eg5a5fedddd293ea17@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B2381BF.3000209@gmail.com> <e277d6c80912120444w2c3b6e7eg5a5fedddd293ea17@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 04:44 -0800, Randi Harper wrote: > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman > <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> 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"
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