Tell it to the Astronauts.
-----Original Message----- From: "Bob Walkden"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chris Brogden"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun Nov 24 11:08:06 PST 2002 Subject: Re[4]: Why I won't be buying an MZ-S >Hi, > >your thinking is all upside down! Each increase in complexity just >makes it more likely that the thing will go wrong. This is a good >reason to eliminate unnecessary complexity, which is one of the main >reasons why most of the mainstream operating systems are so bad. > >Keeping things simple increases the chances of them working properly >in the first place, and increases their reliability. It's certainly >not impossible to have good, solid, reliable software with a small >footprint if the designers know what they are doing and concentrate on >the essentials. I imagine this is also true of cameras. > >The trouble is, many people have been brainwashed by Microsoft and the >like into thinking that software is inherently buggy, and this thinking >seems to have infected other products. It is quite wrong. > >--- > > Bob > >Sunday, November 24, 2002, 6:51:11 PM, you wrote: > >> This is mostly unrelated to Pentax, but I see that as a good thing. When >> I'm dealing with something that can potentially go wrong, I want as many >> ways of dealing with it as possible, otherwise when the standard accepted >> way doesn't work I'm up the creek. Of course, the ideal solution would be >> to have a product that never breaks down or stops working at all, but >> that's approaching the impossible when it comes to cameras and computers. > ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com
