> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alexander V.
> Kiselev
> Sent: 20 March 2000 22:26
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Misc. problems & Windows 2000
>
>
> Hi there!
>
> On 20 Mar 00, at 20:57, Mark Aston wrote
> about "RE: Misc. problems & Windows 2000":
>
> > > Just wait until your "Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416
> > > (9.0.2910.0)" ruins
> > > your beloved 2k completely;-) Having heard as much as I have
> heard (and
> > > seen) lately (i.e. last week, after I've returned home from the
> > > MacLand;-))
> > > about how 2k performs, my guesstimate would be something from
> two weeks
> > > upto a month...
> >
> > Please do not use the words 'beloved' and 'microsoft' in the
> same sentence.
> > I use Pine with Linux for most of the time so I am certainly no
> fan of M$.
>
> Oh well, I definitely didn't want to insult you with this. I was
> just wondering how
> one "searching for a _working_ MUA" as you say ends up with LookOut;-))
> Especially a Linux user, as you say;-)
>
> > Unfortunately my partner who shares this PC will only use
> Windoze, so I need
> > a _working_ MUA. Currently (for whatever reason) The Bat! does
> not work with
> > 2k on my system. When it crashes the system freezes and I
> cannot get to the
> > Task Manager to kill the process, it will normally not dial-up more than
> > once a session.
>
> Yeah, in Redmond they call it "stability" AFAIK;-) Under Linux
> you can kill
> everything at least;-) I just miss my own Warp days when I could
> safely kill
> even the presentation manager itself.... Oh well...
>
> As for Win2k-related problems, I haven't got much to say, since I
> haven't got
> enough experience with that newly-invented monster... But the GUI
> problems
> like missing buttons closely reminds me the well-known problems
> with Delphi
> vs. comctl32 library. With 5.0 I've suffered from 4 of 6 Delphi
> programs I'm
> using routinely here. I'll never install w2k here (in foreseeable
> future at least)
> hence it's up to you to check it out...
No insult taken:-) LookOut was the easy way out, and already installed as
part of Office, thankfully I'm only using it for this list.
I do not blame TB! in any way, if M$ released their code then programmers
would have a chance to make compatible software.
Best regards
Mark
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