Re: The Beginning Of The End For Micro$oft Reign Of Terror
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 10:14:25 GMT
In article <slrnalcfqj.ck9.peter@vlad.seahaze>, Peter Hayes <peter@seahaze.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <5ez49.7684$zX3.9990@news.indigo.ie>, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>> In article <mis4lusd8lldtmccmb2c7pjdn0gqm9bbvl@4ax.com>, Rebel Alliance
> Galactic Usenet News Service wrote:
>>>
>>>Now if you'd like to tell us why the Registry is a better system than
>>>using multiple config files then feel free to do so.
>>
>> Somebody already did explain why it is better, at least in some ways.
>
>To deliberately design a system with a single point of failure is madness
>beyond belief, and all the more so since there's no fundamental requirement
>for it.
What single point of failure? The same could be argued of any software
depending on a file system.
>>>You see, people are upset about this because the MAJORITY of the
>>>computer world used to be like Linux. People did the best they could
>>>to create the best product they could. Micro$oft changed it all into a
>>>warzone, where the consumer is the main casualty.
>>
>> But Windows is vastly superior to Linux, so things have improved. Open
>> source programmers' best just wasn't good enough.
>
>Linux can deliver everything that most users want from their machines - Web
>browsing, e-mail, Office apps. Those that want games can use Windows or buy
>a games console (which is a much better option anyway since dedicated
>hardware/software will always outperform a general purpose machine).
Linux is free, and still has an insignificant amount of the market -
that should be evidence enough for anyone. Given the absence of hype
lately about how it is supposed to be defeating Windows on the server, I
assume it's now beginning to die in its only worthwhile niche too. Name
a console that is more powerful than a state of the art PC, or admit
your ignorance of game technology (not surprising since Linux doesn't
have many modern games, or much of any commercial quality software).
>> (And Linux is just a
>> clone of an old OS developed by a commercial enterprise anyway).
>
>Windows is just a clone of an old OS developed by a commercial enterprise
>anyway (QDOS, or even CP/M if Gary Kildall is to be believed). Your point?
The point is unaltered. Open source coders produce mostly clones of
archaic commercial software. Some of them can program a bit, but
every other quality of good software such as art, design and
ergonomics tends to be parasitic or non-existent. (And yes, I'm sure
exceptions do exist.)
>Linux/Unix will still be around when Microsoft and Windows.* are a footnote
>in computing history.
Unix maybe. Linux will soon be forgotten. There was never any real
point to it.
>> The consumers flock to Windows, not Linux, because it's designed to
>> satisfy their needs.
>
>The customers don't flock to Windows, it's force-fed to them by an illegal
>monopoly imposing lock-in contracts on OEMs who are too worried about their
>bottom line to resist. If Gates had any confidence in his products he
>wouldn't be so paranoid about OEMs offering dual-boot systems. Unfortunately
>for the end-user, he realises that if they discovered alternative OSs his
>market would disappear virtually overnight.
You are funny. There have always been real alternatives such as Mac
systems.
>The whole illegal operation is bolstered by a government unable or unwilling
>to see the downside of allowing Microsoft complete control of the World's
>desktop. (Or maybe the conspiracy theorists are right and there's NSA back
> doors
>built into every M$ OS, thereby giving the US Government control by proxy of
>every networked PC running a M$ OS anywhere in the world).
Another conspiracy freak. Take it to
alt.primitive.homemade.os.advocacy.
- Gerry Quinn
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