GM & MS

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 08 February 2007 04:45, Tim wrote:
> Craig White:
> >>> Most people generally just want to use a computer, not make a project
> >>> out of it.
> >>>
> >>> Windows isn't crap and just reading you express that sentiment makes
> >>> it clear that you aren't the least bit objective.
>
> Tim:
> >> And that's why Windows *is* crap.  As a long-suffering user of it, and
> >> long-suffering repairer of it for other long-suffering users of it, I've
> >> earnt the right to judge a product on how well, or otherwise, that it
> >> works.  If it weren't so crap, it wouldn't be so self-destructive, and
> >> users wouldn't have to make a pet project of it just to keep it in good
> >> health.
>
> Anne Wilson:
> > Can't help but feel that guns don't kill anyone - it's the person behind
> > the gun that kills.
>
> I've always felt that mantra to be rather fatuous.
>
On what grounds?  We are responsible for our own actions.  No-one else.

> > Many people use windows safely for many years.  I know one person who
> > reinstalls every few weeks, and another that only changes version when
> > a new box build is needed - several years apart.
>
> And many don't use it safely.  Many use it in a permanently broken
> condition, unaware that it is.  Unaware that it could be fixed, or
> unable to do so.  Unaware or unconcerned that it causes other people
> problems.  It's self destructiveness, inappropriateness for the
> unskilled users its marketed at, it's expensiveness yet lack of good
> workmanship, and a plethora of other problems that could fill pages if
> you expanded only slightly on the details are what makes it a crap
> product, just the same as any other crap product deserves being called
> crap, whether it's badly made shoes, motor cars, or anything else.
>
You can't make people learn, even from their own mistakes.  If they are 
unwilling they must live with the consequences.

> And those that do use it safely tend to be because they've made a pet
> project out of it.  

Not so.  The person I'm thinking about is a 'tool' user, and wouldn't dream of 
tinkering with anything.  A good, up-to-date antivirus program is the only 
add-on used - and that's set to auto-update.  A few essential rules for 
safety have been learned, that's all.

Anne
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