-=PCTechTalk=- Re: OT: On Internet Radio........
- From: GMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:47:38 -0400
Larry,
I hear no bitterness, but I do understand your worries about what the
sponsored spyware machine means for the average (and even above average)
user. I will most likely be heading over to Linux before it's over, unless
they get to that OS, too. Then, it may be back to DOS. lol
Peace,
G
http://tinyurl.com/ypbuue
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Southerland" <larrysoutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:15 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: OT: On Internet Radio........
> My opinion? I had friends who tried to use it and they all went back to
> Win98 (or eventually up to Win2K). One very annoying "improvement" that
> M$
> added was disabling MS-DOS mode. To give the devil his due, M$ did add
> some
> interesting "experimental" technology in ME: universal plug and play, USB
> mass-storage support, a new TCP/IP stack and automatic updates.
> Unfortunately, many users found that these "innovations" did not always
> work
> correctly. But don't let my uneducated opinion of ME sway you, consider
> what the experts have said:
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125772-page,2/article.html
>
> 4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
>
> This might be the worst version of Windows ever released--or, at least,
> since the dark days of Windows 2.0. Windows Millennium Edition (aka Me, or
> the Mistake Edition) was Microsoft's follow-up to Windows 98 SE for home
> users. Shortly after Me appeared in late 2000, users reported problems
> installing it, getting it to run, getting it to work with other hardware
> or
> software, and getting it to stop running. Aside from that, Me worked
> great.
>
> To its credit, Me introduced features later made popular by Windows XP,
> such
> as system restore. Unfortunately, it could also restore files you never
> wanted to see again, like viruses that you'd just deleted. Forget Y2K;
> this
> was the real millennium bug.
>
> ****************************************
>
> One reason that I have been so critical of Vista is that most of the
> computer professionals who have reviewed it have stated that Vista is the
> new ME. (Of course, with DRM added and governmental-sponsored insecurity
> so
> that "Big Brother" can analyze your computer without having to bother with
> those "pesky little things" called search warrants. (See my earlier post
> on
> Vista implementing the trusted computer platform module on your
> chip/motherboard.)) But I'm not bitter. ;-)
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