-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fw: Why should we spend our time fixing Microsoft's messes?
- From: " milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 19:55:52 -0700
ohhhhhhhhhh brother!!.. too funny-such sarcasm!!...and it DOES make sense..I
mean come ONNNNN awready.. we are update the updates that updated an update
whoes previous update looked like swiss cheese??? sighhhhh. yeahhh. the
rush to be the best before "best" is achieved...GAD..what h&d we must all go
thru to FIND the best IF that is attainable..I have my doubts..it's like
giving you a patch for a headache that was created from all the patches that
should not have had to BE patched in the first place???
LOLOL..ANY car that had SO many fixits in a short period of time would have
been named a LEMON..and probably burned on the front steps of the
manufacturer.. but then I guess that's the way it is in the tech world
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From: "nightsneak1" <nightsneak1@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 7:08 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Fw: Why should we spend our time fixing Microsoft's
messes?
> The never-ending OS update
>
> Why should we spend our time fixing Microsoft's messes?
>
> By Larry Blasko ASSOCIATED PRESS
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/910772.asp?0dm=N19NT
>
> May 9 - Microsoft has enriched the human experience by adding one more
> universal excuse to the list that includes "Sorry, I've got to wash my
> hair," and "I have a headache." It's "I've got to do my Windows critical
> updates." And this one has a higher probability of being true.
>
> THE DAY BEFORE this was written, Windows XP whined in its lower right-hand
> dialogue bubble that critical updates were available, and could we please
> get with the program.
>
> The program, in this case, was six "critical" updates and eight
> "recommended" updates. Reading the descriptions showed the difference
> between "critical" and "recommended." As in, it is "critical" that you
exit
> your burning airplane and "recommended" that you use a parachute in the
> process.
>
> Whatever. The total download was about 30 megabytes, which, together with
> installation, took about 40 minutes, even with the high-speed Internet
> connection at the AP's headquarters. Well, what's 40 minutes to make a
> product you paid for work as intended?
>
> A lot more than 40 minutes, it turns out. Microsoft's update Web site has
a
> history feature that shows you what you've updated and when, so out of
> curiosity, a couple of clicks produced the list.
>
> Since Sept. 19, 2000, the computer that this is being written on updated
its
> operating system 113 times. If, instead of an operating system, it were a
> car that had been recalled 113 times, the Justice Department would be
doing
> a dance on the manufacturer's head while Ralph Nader chewed on its ankle.
> But because it is software, a lot of hours have been meekly devoted to
> fixing mistakes that shouldn't have been sold in the first place.
>
> Worse, of the 113 updates, 30 are described by Microsoft as "failed."
Which
> means that about one out of four attempts to fix what shouldn't need
fixing
> have flaws themselves.
>
> Or maybe it's just that Microsoft didn't detect the proper degree of
> submissiveness in the end user.
>
> An examination of the updates shows updates that undo mischief caused by
> previous updates, kind of like a second surgery to fetch the instruments
> left inside you by mistake the first time.
>
> And it shows updates that caused other applications that were working just
> fine before they were "fixed" by Microsoft to become broken. But not to
> worry - Windows XP has a "system restore" feature that allows you to go
back
> in time to settings that were working before you mistakenly took
Microsoft's
> advice.
>
> Sitting next to this computer is a manual Remington portable typewriter
that
> AP writers carried in the '30s and '40s. Other than a ribbon change, there
> is no evidence that it has required either a critical or a recommended
> update, and it works just fine.
>
> Wonder if Windows will ever reach that plateau?
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/910772.asp?0dm=N19NT
>
>
>
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