Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

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Steve Mentzer wrote:

> >How can you say that Gates has kept quality very high...... Win98 was a
> >2000+ bug fix of Win95 and Win2k a 5000 Bug fix of Win98. That's very  high
> >quality????? You are easily pleased.
> >
>
> Repeat after me:  I believe all the media hype I hear. I am a drone. I believe
> all the media hype I hear.
>
> BTW: Yes, there were bugfixes in Win98, but there was also a TON of new
> functionality. Look under the hood and you will see...

functions like built-in browser , browser integration, and use brswer to browse you
HD, and Internet is your <I:> Right ?
AR.. Yes, and the function of win98 is to increase the system requirement, so
hardware maker could sell more !

>
>
> Win2k is a 5000 bug fix of Win98?? Hey moron! Win2k uses the NT kernel/code. It
> is basically WinNT 4.0 with all the features of Win98. Win98 and Win2k do not
> share the same lineage or code base.... understand???
>

put it clearer ....
Win 98 is a bug fix fo win 95
and win 2000 is a bug fix/upgrade of win NT 4.0

>
> >Whilst it is
> >true that later versions of the MacOS tend to get bloated, this can be
> >avoided with prudent installations, and it is only Microsoft programs that
> >drop all sorts of crap in the system folder without an installer log file so
> >you can find it all later.
>
> Bullshit. All reputable applications these days keep uninstaller logs so they
> can remove any DLL they install into the system folders.
>

are you sure ?? ... though they keep an Log file, but still they will ask you if
you want to remove this DLL, this might be share with other program ... So
eventually you'll not remove because you are afraid that you might have deleted
something important !

>
> >In general, all the parts of an installation are
> >placed with an application in its folder. I was asked by someone why there
> >isn't and uninstaller bundled with the MacOS, and when I showed that that
> >all you have to do to delete a program from the machine was to delete its
> >folder and it preferences, they were amazed.
> >
>
> You and I both know that this is NOT always the case with mac software. Stop
> trying to whitewash the issue.
>

I must say that Mac's software has better orgnization, (not talking about
microsoft's it's ie4 and office 98 have files allover my system folder ... ~_~)
Their things are either in the extension folder , in it's own folder, control
panel, or the preference folder, on few places to look. And you can usually
regonize their name easily .... no like those windows 8.3 naming system ...  (eg,
a4ii3spi.dll) can you ever guess which program's DLL it is ??

>
> smentzer@pacbell.net

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