> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:owner-scots-l@;argyll.wisemagic.com]On Behalf Of Clifford Abrams > Sent: 18 October 2002 20:09 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [scots-l] I've got the virus too - perhaps I can help. > > > I just got done working for a large company. The IT people were all > full of an irrational hatred for any OS other the the junk put out by > Microsoft.
Does it ever occur to you that the "IT people" are those trained, qualified and experienced in IT, and therefore capable of making an informed judgement? > From a users point of view (never really very important to these folks), > anything else is far, far better. The very same "IT people" are precisely those who are trained to design systems to meet user requirements. Regards, Ted > Cliff Abrams > > > --- David Kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Ted Hastings wrote: > > > > > > > As far as I can see, the principal characteristic of the "Unix > > user > > > community" is to criticise Microsoft and Windows at every > > opportunity. > > > Windows users don't seem to be nearly as prone to bashing the > > > competition, perhaps because they're getting on with productive > > work > > > using the world's best-selling software, rather than writing > > their > > > own fixes for OS bugs :<) > > > > > Try telling that to my son, who has been unable to work at all for > > the last three days > > > > because of the ridiculous registry system used by Microsoft, which > > if > > you are obliged to install many programs and attempt to remove them > > (we > > have to test digital cameras, scanners, software etc all the time) > > and > > also run heavily protected software like Sage Payroll on the same > > machine - well, the risks are huge. > > > > I was told that Mac OS X with its 64,000 system components was a > > nightmare but not so - unlike Windows NT/2000/XP whatever, it > > really can > > handle a re-installation without losing a single user preference or > > a > > single essential file, or any of the links betweens programs, data > > and > > system-level components installed by programs for their own use. > > > > We can't afford to have multiple PCs but we are now considering > > having > > one just to run payroll and contact info software, one just to run > > Internet access, and one for testing equipment and software which > > can be > > erased and reinstalled without risk. We've been using Sun, Mac, > > BeBox, > > Acorn, various Linux installations (on both Mac and PC), many > > handhelds > > and pioneer products over the last decade or so and: > > > > of all the systems and platforms out there, not one is as utterly > > awful > > as the Microsoft/PC platform. It is the only platform which > > consistently > > costs us time, money and anger. > > > > I can be frustrated at time with Macs, but at least: > > I can switch in two minutes to working under OS9 and do any work I > > need > > to on OS X components, without 'ownership' issues and access > > privileges > > hampering me > > I can boot up and run my system from a CD > > I can run software we bought in 1984 alongside the latest packages, > > and > > be utterly stable and print reliably - not ALL software from 1984, > > of > > course, and I have a cupboard full of software which stopped > > running the > > year after it was purchased, as was never rewritten... > > > > because Windows was the world's leading platform, and it wasn't > > worth > > keeping stuff live on Macs at the time > > > > However, now Macs are essentially Unix machines, that problem has > > gone, > > and I can well understand why the peculiar folk of the Unix > > community > > have been so gnarly for so many years. They were right all along. > > > > David > > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > http://faith.yahoo.com > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List > - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
