[access-uk] Re: [-SPAM-] Re: An interesting article from The Guardian.
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:02:18 -0000
Barry, I felt much the same as you when I read the Guardian article.
For one thing, I try in most cases to turn off auto-updating of software
including XP
itself. it is so easy for me to go to XP update as all I need do is press X
when in the
start menu, a shortcut I created. (I would most certainly NOT take this course
with any
anti-virus software, which always has auto-update enabled.) Not sure if I
shouldn't be
doing the same manual update of Spy ware too. Long and short of it is, I don't
believe you
have to have your work flow continually interrupted by these things.
I treat Microsoft as a fact of life, and something I cannot avoid, even if I
felt the strong
urge to do so. Don't forget that, no matter what you say, no one else has
given us, or
co-operated to the same extent in facilitating accessibility.
As for the claim of too frequent upgrades, well, I tend to agree. Then again,
I saw an
article quoting an 'industry expert' saying that Microsoft had languished too
long between
XP and Vista! You can't please everyone!
Me, I shall Waite a while; a year or two.
From Ray
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Dj Paddy
I'm just dashing out the door to uni but had to comment on one thing.
Normally i like the Guardian bt I think this guys bashing Vista not only
because of it's teething problems but because it's popular to bash
Microsoft.
Also the journalist comments about Ultimate and the 85% of home PC's it
won't run on.
ultimate is not and has not as far as I know not been touted as a flavour
for the home user.
Home Basic and home Premium on the other hand very much have.
I agree technology is racing, (sometimes at the point of being out of
control), but people I believe are not attempting to adapt and those that
are, (especially the youngest), are pushing people to change when it's not
going to benifit them.Ôà
XP's probably got another 5 or more years before it will be cancelled for
support. The world moves on and users do need to stop completely blaming
companys and take some responsability's on themselves.
Microsoft has their faults, alot of them but users have an awful lot as
well. We live in a pass the buck society.
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