On November 1, 2005 12:36, Elwyn wrote: > Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > >Well, now I got my Monday morning gripe off my chest. > > There there! Feels better now doesn't it!! ;) > > There are good bits to XP and bad bits. I think I'm finding the bad bits > at the mo. Reinstallation is in order. Or an axe. Depending on my mood ;( > > No doubt you will hear from me if I have problems with 2006 ;) > > Elwyn
At least with Linux, problems can be solved. Often just some config tweaking or package installation. Sometimes waiting for a bug fix. Worst case, fixing the bug yourself. With M$, you know the bugs are never going to be fixed. Word still has bugs in it that were there 10 years ago (e.g. handling of nested numbered lists). Same with bugs that were in NT4 and are still in XP. Just for laughs, I once tried to get one of the Word bugs fixed, several years ago. M$ wouldn't even log a bug unless I paid them to, because I had an OEM install and no support contract. They told me their OEM contracts required the vendor to fix the bugs. For obvious reasons (such as not having access to the source code), the vendor responded that they had no way to fix the bug, or even log it (no access to M$ bug reporting). They told me to go back and talk to M$. Didn't take long for me to tire of chasing my tail. That's when I installed Open Office. It's not perfect either, but when it's free, I don't have quite the same expectations as for something I paid for. -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine.
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