XP Upgrade trouble

I also think Win 3.11 was the best OS ever developed. It's design and =
quality that makes a good OS. Win ME was the pinnacle of it's design. XP =
fails the test in so many ways.

One example is nslookup. It does not support the /? or -help commands. =
Half of the command lines use unix notation (with a few going 100% and =
being case sensitive) while the rest use MS-Dos notation. Some commands =
have MS-Dos smartness with parsing (eg only one switch starts with a =
then /a is all you need type for /all) while others are really dumb (if =
it says /averylongthing then one must type it in full). A second thing =
is when right clicking toolbar buttons. MMC and Help Viewer programs =
place commands, useless commands at that, where the standard windows =
commands should be. A third thing is the partial removal of right click =
edit menus - all go or none go.

ME was the best design. XP has many heritages, Unix, NT, Win 3.1, Win =
9x, OS/2, MS-Dos (and earlier versions could run programs written for =
any of them), and CP/M. It was designed by the designer of minicomputers =
(we're micocomputing but the terms are meaningless now) OSs and is =
really a mismash.

However Win 3.1 was just great. Unlike component software (makes =
programmer's life's easier) everything was designed to meld with =
everything else. We haven't had that since. Even ME, the best since, was =
flakey.
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"Nick" wrote in message =
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First I have no reason to spread lies. I am not associated with anyone =
who would profit from XP sales. And you still didn't answer the =
question. I guess ignoring the question is a lot easier than answering =
it. And I guess myself and all the techs I have talked to from Best Buy =
and Circuit City and Comp USA along with the people at TechTV are all =
telling lies. You are the only one who is telling the truth. Fine =
whatever, you are still using XP insted of ME when you could of bought =
ME. I can't imagine why you would do that when you had a choice and you =
claim ME is the best. You are saying whatever it takes to get the last =
word. I'd expect more from someone who was born in 1960. But I was born =
in 1956 and I know your type all to well. I am done waisting threads on =
you, your not worth it! Nick