On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >> You don't want to complain about the rate of change, because in >> general changes tend towards the good, although some developers view >> of good is a bit skewed from mine. But the challenge of keeping a >> > > Yes, I do want to complain! I dislike churn. All too many changes > are change for change's sake and do not add much, if anything. Make sure > that changes actually provide something of use and quit breaking older > stuff. > ---------- You sound just like a Luddite. > complex app up and running when ALL of the pieces from the OS to the >> browser are in motion is an under-appreciated one, imo. >> > > Very much so. > > If a vital piece of software is broken by a change, it will be very > nasty. Even if the software is not vital, the time to regroup may not be > readily available. > ----------- Somehow that EVIL vendor gets software out to those who will test their products on the newer version. When released drivers are updated by thousands of vendors. Applications are tested as well and updates are usually available for customers as well. Except in your world. You escape all of this as your not expected to verify your stuff works on new operating systems, ever. Then you get to complain to us that the big bad wolf is making your day to day world miserable because something written 10-15-20 years ago, in DOS, is suddenly no longer working. > It is this breakage problem why I am generally not very eager to > change. (You can call it upgrading, but isn't that making an unwarranted > assumption?) If I have a working installation, I would like to keep it > that way. (This appears to be a surprise to some.) If I do not have a > need for the new features, I am probably better off continuing with what > works. If I do need the new features, then there is some payoff for > changing; this does not happen nearly as often as the computer industry > thinks is the case. > > I have pretty much completed my adjustments to running with Windows > 7. I still prefer Windows XP. I could have done without a lot of the > changes to things that had worked great for years. I would have been quite > happy to continue with Windows XP. > > ------------------ Only two more operating systems to test now. Have you received any notice about Windows 10 slated for this summer? Lucky for you they skipped Win 9 in the sequence. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMYK=xUFuyCc1nQR1Q9cXHHKBFH_ZO=lwqvff7ykpne5...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
