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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Software => Topic started by: pcman on 16 July 2003, 19:30

Title: if MS didn't make such crap OS products, I wouldn't have a job
Post by: pcman on 16 July 2003, 19:30

Hi,

I work for a well known educational organiusation, which I won't mention cos I ain't giving the assholes publicity (look out for a sucks site soon)

My job is to get educational software running on a highly unreliable platform, Windoze.

It was always bad before but Windoze ME (or Monkey Edition as I refer to it) took the biscuit, virtually nothing will run on it.

Then came XP, even worse, I actually think that Microsoft should be prosecuted for the poor perfrmance of its OS products, nenver mind anti-competitive business practices.

oh, and if you're reading this Bill, up yours!!

Title: if MS didn't make such crap OS products, I wouldn't have a job
Post by: Laukev7 on 16 July 2003, 23:00

No wonder many ITs are Windoids. Their jobs depend on M$ crapiness.

Title: if MS didn't make such crap OS products, I wouldn't have a job
Post by: pcman on 17 July 2003, 22:16

Believe me, I'm no windroid, the sooner my organisation starts to support other platforms such as Linux the better.

I also want to get rid of Windoze on my home PC, can anyone recommend a particular Linux ditribution that I can download for free and any sort of replacement software for things such as office and IM clients?

Cheers

Title: if MS didn't make such crap OS products, I wouldn't have a job
Post by: xyle_one on 17 July 2003, 22:22

red hat 9 or mandrake 9.1 (http://www.linuxiso.org)
gaim for IM
open office for an office suite.

Open office can read and write to ms office files, and it is a smaller file.

i am using red hat 9 right now, but i kinda want to put mandrake back on. Both are excellent distro's.

[ July 17, 2003: Message edited by: ecsyle:951 ]

Title: if MS didn't make such crap OS products, I wouldn't have a job
Post by: pcman on 17 July 2003, 22:26

Thanks

Title: if MS didn't make such crap OS products, I wouldn't have a job
Post by: Refalm on 17 July 2003, 22:31

This thread has been moved to the "Microsoft Operating Systems" section. This isn't about "Microsoft in the News".

Title: if MS didn't make such crap OS products, I wouldn't have a job
Post by: jtpenrod on 19 July 2003, 13:04

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No wonder many ITs are Windoids. Their jobs depend on M$ crapiness.

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Not just ITs, hell, there are entire companies that do nothing but sell apps that overcome the many manifest weaknesses of Winderz:  :eek:  Symantec (Norton anti-virus, Norton Clean Sweep: program archiving, registry cleaning, program uninstall), McAfee (anti-virus), LavaSoft (anti-spyware/adware), to name just three. If M$ actually improved Winderz, they'd destroy a good chunk of the economy.  :D
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