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| Howardlong:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on December 20, 2015, 11:17:56 am --- The buffoons at Microsoft --- End quote --- To put it into perspective, Steven Sinofsky, former President of the Windows Division, and who we can all thank for Windows 8, is on the board of investments at Andreessen Horowitz, who invested in.... uBeam. |
| DimitriP:
Steven Sinofsky, It was just a gig, and now he is on the next one... May all his windows be dirty forever |
| rjeberhardt:
Why can't Microsoft write a system which will continue working while updates are in progress like Linux? I use Linux 95% of the time but when I must boot into Windows (because I need to run something I can't run under Linux such as updating my GPS) Windows always decides that it must do some updates and makes me wait half an hour or so before it will let me in, frequently rebooting into Linux unless I sit watching it. As for "Moving to Linux is not a viable solution for non technical users", I installed PCLinuxOS on my wife's computer and she wouldn't go back to Windows if it was the last OS on Earth! Russell. |
| rdl:
--- Quote from: nctnico on December 19, 2015, 10:59:23 pm ---And spend most of a week to reinstall & reconfigure all the software? No thanks! I make a snapshot every now and then so if Windows starts to misbehave I just roll the snapshot back. --- End quote --- This won't work for everything, but you would be surprised at how much software doesn't actually need to be "installed". Put a copy of the program folder on a different machine or a flash drive and try it. Note that if the developer was an idiot and stored settings in the registry instead of a proper configuration file, then there may be some additional set up required. I have a general rule that any programs I use must be able to run in portable mode, or close to it. The only exception would be something I really, really need but will not run unless actually installed. |
| Karel:
--- Quote from: wilfred on December 19, 2015, 10:51:05 pm ---Moving to Linux is not a viable solution for non technical users. --- End quote --- It's true that windows is meant for non technical users. That's one of the many reasons I don't work with it. |
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