So you are saying OS X is built on a horrible idea? As far as opinions on W7, I'll stick with those who have actually used it instead of those who like to form their opinions before they've seen hide or hair. I haven't personally read any of MS's paid shills, have you got that list handy so we can see what they are saying?
Mike On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having everything tied to everything and building components in isolation > are not related or complementary problems (except that they are both bad > ideas and probably even worse in combination). > > For you to misconstrue what I wrote to imply that they are related is > disingenuous. You are trying to mislead readers who may not have the > background in software engineering to evaluate this on their own. You are > just spindoctoring the MS party line. > > Reviews of W7 from WFBs count for nothing. WFBs and various paid shills > always tell us of the wonderfulness of every piece of crap that issues > from MS. Not a reliable source. > > Remember how we were told by WFBs and VPSs that Vista would be extremely > secure? Then when Vista shipped we found Vista-specific malware already > waiting for it. Vista was not found to be any more secure than XP. We > still patch, patch, patch. Last month we even had an emergy patch for RPC > attacks. > > We won't really know about the quality of W7 for several months after it > ships. Your assertion that MS's adoption of bad software engineering > practices is going to make W7 somehow better is pure nonesense. > > Your assertion that your early test version of W7 is just peachy is > nonesense too. If MS really added many new features it would not be > working as well as you say at this early stage. On the other hand, if W7 > is working as well as you say, it strengthens the suspicion that W7 is > just Vista warmed over. > > > >So they are terrible for having everything tied together and horrible for > >having everything component-ized? Spoken like a true glitterati. You > seem > >to be alone in your view since almost every review of W7 shows it was > >extremely well received. Course they've actually used W7 so they aren't > >basing their opinions on feelings. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
