>If GE came out with a new refrigerator model, would we think it was >acceptable for it to have MAJOR fatal flaws, even if they sent a >repairman out to fix them at no expense to us? Hell no, we wouldn't, and >the same goes for cell phones, fax machines, and other electronic devices. > >But we have been trained to accept major flaws in new operating systems >as a matter of course, and we are expected to deal with the flaws >ourselves while we wait for them to finally get it right, at which time >it will be replaced with a later "better" version with its own flaws.
OK, my turn. It's not just OSs, heck Mercedes Benz and BMW have their share or recalls. They cost a whole lot more than an OS, and their flaws redefine the term "fatal". The fact is, OSs are a moving target because there are too many hands in the pot. There are millions of software coders around the world creating software and only being worried about one thing. Does it frickin work? If I load this in Win3.1/95/98/2000/NT/Me/XP or Mac OS 7/7.5/8/8.1/8.6/9.0/9.1/9.2/9.2.2/X/X10.1/X10.2 will it do what I program it to do? If that ain't bad enough, they got to consider what *possible* configuration and other software the machine might have loaded. Once they get that figured out, Microsoft and/or Apple come out with a "bug fix" and they may have to start all over. My point is, it's a moving target. Until the "perfect" OS comes out (not this week), we'll always have interoperability problems. Heck, even on this mailing list people running the same OS find vastly different problems. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
