>The person who uses Windows almost exclusively is bashing others who use >multiple operating systems. Such irony. When Windows does something >badly and we point it out, that's not bashing, that's fact based on >experience. Same with revealing flaws in Macs and Unix. Surprise! >They're not perfect either. Confused?
Very well stated. My primary "computer" is a Mac and Windows XP PC connected via a KVMP switch. I switch back and forth between Mac and PC all day long. On average I use both OS about half the time. I'm constantly glancing up at the corner of the screen to check if I should press the command or control key for a keyboard shortcut. These two computers are set up identically as much as possible. I have a real interest in making the two OSs work as well as possible and as identically as possible. If something does not work as well on one OS as the other I make the effort to fix it. This makes me acutely aware when one OS or the other does not measure up. I don't think you will find anyone who is more platform "ambidextrous" than I am. There are things that don't work right on the Mac and there are things that don't work right on Windows. Bottom line, most of the problems are with Windows and most of those problems are due to bad engineering choices by Microsoft. With all the money they are making I just have no patience for MS's slovenly engineering. MS should be able to hire the best and build the best. Unfortunately they choose not to do that. Sorry I'm only ambidextrous, no third hand for Xnix. I have set up web and photo servers under Apple's BSD Unix. I run one box with embedded Linux as a file server and provide support for a Red Hat Linux box used as an email server. I program in Perl and PHP on Apache servers running on Unix. But that is not the same as my constant use of Mac and Windows PCs. I appreciate Xnix for what it is, but for the type of work I do it would not be productive. Apple has done a wonderful job of maling BSD Unix productive. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
