Tanstaafl wrote:
On 3/13/2010 9:34 PM, James Knott wrote:
It's a problem in Windows, but not Linux, OS/2 and I expect Mac.
Unlike other operating systems, Windows still relies on the file
extension to determine the file type. Is the rest of the world
supposed to be stuck in the past because Microsoft can't get it's act
together?
James, your fanboism is really boring.
Since 'the rest of the world', in this context, is a very small
minority, and the 'Microsoft world' is the super majority, then, yes,
until such time as things change, you, James, will have to suffer the
horrible consequences of reality.
I suggest you get over it.
I have worked with computers for over 34 years. I have worked at IBM
providing 3rd level support for OS/2 and Windows. I have used Linux for
many years. In short, I have a lot of hands on experience with Linux,
Windows, OS/2 and other. I am speaking from years of actual, real world
experience when I state that many of the problems users experience are
due to shoddy software from Microsoft.
Perhaps you can explain to me why my own personal notebook computer (an
IBM ThinkPad which is the only computer I own that has Windows on it)
runs Linux reliably but regularly locks up with XP. Perhaps you can
explain why another computer at work, running Windows crashes or locks
up. Again, I have never, not once ever seen Linux crash. I also know
there's never been a viable virus for Linux, nor is there likely to be
one, due to the differences between Linux & Windows.
I suggest you learn from the real world. You might also want to read up
on the Netscape vs Microsoft trial about how MS claimed they couldn't
remove Internet Explorer, because it was part of the operating system,
even though at the time it wasn't. However, with the next version of
Windows, it was embedded in the operating system, in violation of good
software engineering principles, which then caused browser problems to
become operating system problems. Microsoft has not gained it's
position because of product quality. They got there by using illegal or
border line illegal methods, up to and including extortion to force
market share. There is a *LOT* of documented history of this. You
might also want to look at how they rammed OOXML through ISO as an example.
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