A thought about Microsoft

WillowTheWhisp

WillowTheWhisp

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This has come about because I have bought a new laptop and there is very little with it by way of software - just some trial stuff and then after so many days you have to buy it.

Now if I buy a new hifi I don't have to buy new CDs to play on it. If I buy a new TV I don't have to buy new DVDs to watch on it. But I buy a new PC and I have to buy all new software. I can't use the software I already possess and have used on the old PC.

With CDs I can play them upstairs, downstairs, in the car, even if I'm out for a walk but I must not use the Microsoft Office on more than one PC. :mad:

I'm also miffed that the flippin thing has AOL PRE-INSTALLED.
 
Hmmm,
Look at the screenshot, 23151 packages available and all free
OK, there not all programs but there free

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WillowTheWhisp said:
This has come about because I have bought a new laptop and there is very little with it by way of software - just some trial stuff and then after so many days you have to buy it.

Now if I buy a new hifi I don't have to buy new CDs to play on it. If I buy a new TV I don't have to buy new DVDs to watch on it. But I buy a new PC and I have to buy all new software. I can't use the software I already possess and have used on the old PC.

With CDs I can play them upstairs, downstairs, in the car, even if I'm out for a walk but I must not use the Microsoft Office on more than one PC. :mad:

I'm also miffed that the flippin thing has AOL PRE-INSTALLED.
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This could be the reason Mr Microsoft is a billionnaire, don't you think?
 
I'm not over chuffed with xl (I reluctantly upgraded to it after it had been out for a few years), but when I finally upgraded my P.C. last April the choice was visterror? or xl thank goodness I wasn't adventurous xl still has it's own problems but nothing like what it would appear vista has.

By the time xp is no longer cared for by microsoft hopefully, I will have fully converted to linux, I'm not doing an entwisi and trying to convert others to linux people should be able to run a reliable version of windows, I just don't think it will ever happen, the only way they can possibly improve their stuff is to go back to DOS and start again.
:o
 
If you can't staay away from Windows why not use both, I used to dual boot until I got more used to Linux then found it was easiest for me to run a virtual machine, I run Linux 99% of the time but if there is something I want to do or look at in Windows I boot it up using VMware, and have the benefit of both operating systems running at the same time, both connected to the internet and I can share files between them.
(You can also use VMWare in Windows to run other OS's)

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K.S.H said:
If you can't staay away from Windows why not use both, I used to dual boot until I got more used to Linux then found it was easiest for me to run a virtual machine, I run Linux 99% of the time but if there is something I want to do or look at in Windows I boot it up using VMware, and have the benefit of both operating systems running at the same time, both connected to the internet and I can share files between them.
(You can also use VMWare in Windows to run other OS's)
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Not a problem to me that, but some folk just want to use the goddam P.C. with what it came with, usually windows, they don't want to get involved with what they consider to be all this techy' stuff and is it too much for them to ask? They had to pay through the nose for their unreliable bit of windows, Bill Gates will never have to worry about upgrades he'll get his free! So why doesn't windows do what it says on the box and work without constant updates and fixes?

If I bought a car and along with several thousand others found that the brakes don't work the car companies would have to fix the problem not tell me, trade it in for a more expensive version that not only has faulty brakes, but also your lights and windscreen wipers don't work, oh and by the way don't trust the inbuilt cd player it always ejects itself through the window whenever it thinks there's going to be an crash!
;)
 
Less said:
If I bought a car and along with several thousand others found that the brakes don't work the car companies would have to fix the problem not tell me, trade it in for a more expensive version that not only has faulty brakes, but also your lights and windscreen wipers don't work, oh and by the way don't trust the inbuilt cd player it always ejects itself through the window whenever it thinks there's going to be an crash!
;)
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That has to be the best analogy I have read or heard in ages....karma sent :D

Ok cue jokes of the word analogy and Less :p
 
Less said:
If I bought a car and along with several thousand others found that the brakes don't work the car companies would have to fix the problem not tell me, trade it in for a more expensive version that not only has faulty brakes, but also your lights and windscreen wipers don't work, oh and by the way don't trust the inbuilt cd player it always ejects itself through the window whenever it thinks there's going to be an crash!
;)
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You missed another point Less. When you trade the car in for a more expensive version you find that it uses more fuel to travel the same distance and then to cap it all you can't use your old SatNav and have to buy a new one because although the car could have an inbuilt SatNav the company prefers not to install one and once you've used your SatNav in your old car you can't use it in the new one.
 
WillowTheWhisp said:
You missed another point Less. When you trade the car in for a more expensive version you find that it uses more fuel to travel the same distance and then to cap it all you can't use your old SatNav and have to buy a new one because although the car could have an inbuilt SatNav the company prefers not to install one and once you've used your SatNav in your old car you can't use it in the new one.
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This has the makings of a very long thread because you also get a little bit of money back when you trade up for a newer model, but not with windows even if the disk is in perfect conditon, (physically not contents-wise).
:p

Anal jokes and Less? HR is getting a bit delusional, me thinks, what has anal, or jokes got to do with me?
:confused:
 
entwisi said:
I don't try and convert anyone, I just point out how crap windows is
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But if people have not used, and do not know how to use anything else, it is like sticking somebody who only has an automatic driving licence into an aeroplane cockpit and telling them to drive it, isn't it??
 
derekgas said:
But if people have not used, and do not know how to use anything else, it is like sticking somebody who only has an automatic driving licence into an aeroplane cockpit and telling them to drive it, isn't it??
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But you could read the manual supplied, ask a friend and if you have a laptop with you in the plane visit a forum for help
Just like you can when trying out a new operating system
Now's the time to insert a sarcy smilie but I don't like then new black and white ones so I'll not bother
 
K.S.H said:
But you could read the manual supplied, ask a friend and if you have a laptop with you in the plane visit a forum for help
Just like you can when trying out a new operating system
Now's the time to insert a sarcy smilie but I don't like then new black and white ones so I'll not bother
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Ok, I will write it as it is, I was keeping what I meant short, but here goes, I have 4 computers (active anyway), all on microsoft software, they run a database for work, 2 of the computers are vista, they had to be doctored to accept the database which runs on office 2000, I am a lowly plumber and don't have the time, the money, the knowhow or the brains to install another type (more friendly) of system which we could transfer the database to completely intact and immediately usable. I will however see if I can put linux on the lesser used laptop, (this goes out on the road and updates the main database on return daily), and have a play with it. The system as it is has been used for this for a long time, I have used it for the last 5 years, but eventually it slows down and a friend who knows more than I do sorts it out for me, the system could and needs to be made better, so anything I can try will be worth a go, but will take me a while.
 
heh, now for the benefits of Linux ownership - Support

Whats your database run in? Access or something else (Sql server?)

You'll find thousands of people who will happily help you for nothing in the Linux community. You will also find that people share their experiences freely and if they find a solution to a problem often fully documnent it so others don't suffer the same fate.
 
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