On Thursday 08 February 2007 04:45, Tim wrote: > Craig White: > >>> Most people generally just want to use a computer, not make a project > >>> out of it. > >>> > >>> Windows isn't crap and just reading you express that sentiment makes > >>> it clear that you aren't the least bit objective. > > Tim: > >> And that's why Windows *is* crap. As a long-suffering user of it, and > >> long-suffering repairer of it for other long-suffering users of it, I've > >> earnt the right to judge a product on how well, or otherwise, that it > >> works. If it weren't so crap, it wouldn't be so self-destructive, and > >> users wouldn't have to make a pet project of it just to keep it in good > >> health. > > Anne Wilson: > > Can't help but feel that guns don't kill anyone - it's the person behind > > the gun that kills. > > I've always felt that mantra to be rather fatuous. > On what grounds? We are responsible for our own actions. No-one else. > > Many people use windows safely for many years. I know one person who > > reinstalls every few weeks, and another that only changes version when > > a new box build is needed - several years apart. > > And many don't use it safely. Many use it in a permanently broken > condition, unaware that it is. Unaware that it could be fixed, or > unable to do so. Unaware or unconcerned that it causes other people > problems. It's self destructiveness, inappropriateness for the > unskilled users its marketed at, it's expensiveness yet lack of good > workmanship, and a plethora of other problems that could fill pages if > you expanded only slightly on the details are what makes it a crap > product, just the same as any other crap product deserves being called > crap, whether it's badly made shoes, motor cars, or anything else. > You can't make people learn, even from their own mistakes. If they are unwilling they must live with the consequences. > And those that do use it safely tend to be because they've made a pet > project out of it. Not so. The person I'm thinking about is a 'tool' user, and wouldn't dream of tinkering with anything. A good, up-to-date antivirus program is the only add-on used - and that's set to auto-update. A few essential rules for safety have been learned, that's all. Anne
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