> Why do you not bat an eye at > more shit rammed down your throat with every new cell phone that > comes out?
Actually, I have always found that each new cell phone I opted to purchase yielded an advance that helped me. My first Blackberry was a tremendous improvement over my previous cell phone as I could now store all my contacts and calendar events from Outlook on it, and the update process between the phone and my PC worked very well. My 2nd Blackberry did all that, plus it provided me Bluetooth so I was free of wires and could legally use my cell phone while driving in NY. My 3rd Blackberry had all that, plus it now has Voice Dialing that really works, and a camera that I use to document equipment rooms, cabling, etc. at client locations. I also figure if I happen onto an accident I can now record the scene quickly - hopefully it will not be an accident I am involved in <g>. So, in my case the Use Value has always notched up a step or more. Otherwise I would not have switched out my phones (my first phone was a Motorola Bag Phone in 1993/1994 or so. Hot shit for back then, antique now. Compare that to the more recent M$ experience where the new OS releases serve M$'s own revenue enhancement purposes, with no tangible benefit that could not have realized had they just kept enhancing a great core product. Kind of like new brains for the cell phones instead of new models (actually, fairly impractical for phones with phsyical constraints, but possible with OSes). gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Russell > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 1:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Design Question > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That is the primary basis for my decision not to hitch my > > > future to > > > Microsoft tools. > > > > Ditto. I want to have a bit more to say about where I go with future > > changes. I grew tired of being part of the tail being wagged by > > Microscoff, > > and having the latest bafoonery jammed down my throat just > because M$ felt > > the market would accept it as being good. Change due to true > advances is > > one thing. To change things just for the cash churn (XP, Vista, ME) > > serves > > little good for my purposes. As far as I am concerned 2000 Pro was (and > > still is) a great desktop (and Server) OS, and could have been just as > > easily secured & fixed up as XP, and even enhanced. But XP pushed it > > over, > > and relegated M$ users to being subjected to having their > machinery and OS > > investigated by M$ for potential piracy - treating all M$ customers as > > criminals because some were. That was bad enough. But as I > see it, Vista > > is just another greed grab (as with Server 2003+ Terminal Serverice CAL > > fees > > being tacked onto the OS, in addition to User CALS). Go ahead > M$, charge > > more and churn, but it will be without my money (or that of my clients) > > wherever I can avoid it. I took the leap into Linux, and am loving it > > where > > it makes sense to harness (Servers for sure, desktop in some cases). > > > --------------------------------- > > My take on all this Vista stuff. > > M$ is just like the mobile phone companies. Why do you not bat an eye at > more shit rammed down your throat with every new cell phone that > comes out? > Why did the USA and the World think the iPhone was so great? It did more > stuff, and in a display that was not use to that level of detail. > > Vista is pretty much the same thing. It is a whole lot of new VISUAL > functionality in an OS that you really don't care about, yet???? > > I don't have it yet and the people I work with are mixed 50/50 on it. I > will say that every one of them added Vista to the existing > hardware instead > of get it preinstalled. there were lot's of driver issues in the > beginning > and what do you expect for any version 1.0 release. > > I am trying to push our development team to actually use the new > cool video > features available but the old dog and new tricks or the we don't > have time > to do that, or the customer will have to install a new software to use our > site keeps coming up. > > We have all been there and done that right ;-> > > > > -- > Stephen Russell > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > Mimeo.com > Memphis TN > > 901.246-0159 > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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