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SP2 drove me topen source
Thanks to Microsoft's WindowsXP SP2, I have finally made the move to open
source applications. I've wanted to make the move for some time but some laziness on my part has delayed me. Thanks, Billy, for pushing out the SP2 and specifically the security center because that horrid piece of programming (I call SP2 the new WinME) finally made me so angry and frustrated with you and your company that I built up a Linux box at home and will soon be migrating all of my personal equipment over to the Penguin. If I am browsing and come across some content that will only work in your non-W3c standards compliant browser, I refuse to view it. DId you notice that FireFox 1.0 was downloaded over a million times the first DAY it was available? Hallelujiah! I am the systems administrator at a television station and so am used to dealing with new technology. I have never had as many problems with a single piece of software (and let me tell you, video-editing, TV production, and graphics software can be extremely touchy and hard to work with) as I have with SP2. It has bolluxed up so many systems at my station, rendering some applications totally unusable, that I have removed it from every machine I have. I've talked to the administration and we are looking into moving away from all MS products and following the growing trend of dismantling our Windows infrastructure. I truly hope that the recent trend in computing to move away from the monopolistic domination of MS is but the first scratchings of the proverbial writing on the wall that will soon say that MS is on its way out. Maybe it won't come soon, certainly not soon enough for any thinking and rational IT person, but I think it is coming and on that day I will rejoice. Thanks, again, Billy. SP2 did it's job well enough for me. |
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If SP-2 "bolluxed up so many systems at my station" what did they have in
common? Since you have many computers, did you test SP-2 on a small sampling before installing? Was all the software and hardware compatible with SP-2 as verified by the manufacturer? -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol http://www.dts-l.org "velozoom30" wrote in message ... Thanks to Microsoft's WindowsXP SP2, I have finally made the move to open source applications. I've wanted to make the move for some time but some laziness on my part has delayed me. Thanks, Billy, for pushing out the SP2 and specifically the security center because that horrid piece of programming (I call SP2 the new WinME) finally made me so angry and frustrated with you and your company that I built up a Linux box at home and will soon be migrating all of my personal equipment over to the Penguin. If I am browsing and come across some content that will only work in your non-W3c standards compliant browser, I refuse to view it. DId you notice that FireFox 1.0 was downloaded over a million times the first DAY it was available? Hallelujiah! I am the systems administrator at a television station and so am used to dealing with new technology. I have never had as many problems with a single piece of software (and let me tell you, video-editing, TV production, and graphics software can be extremely touchy and hard to work with) as I have with SP2. It has bolluxed up so many systems at my station, rendering some applications totally unusable, that I have removed it from every machine I have. I've talked to the administration and we are looking into moving away from all MS products and following the growing trend of dismantling our Windows infrastructure. I truly hope that the recent trend in computing to move away from the monopolistic domination of MS is but the first scratchings of the proverbial writing on the wall that will soon say that MS is on its way out. Maybe it won't come soon, certainly not soon enough for any thinking and rational IT person, but I think it is coming and on that day I will rejoice. Thanks, again, Billy. SP2 did it's job well enough for me. |
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velozoom30,
You didn't say anything specific about why you dislike SP2. Instead you just used this group to bash Microsoft. Unless you are willing to discuss the reasons why you dislike SP2, then you are just wasting everyones time. Oh, and BTW, I think SP2 is an excellent piece of programming. |
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SP2 drove me topen source
Gee, I kinda like SP2! Of course my system was NOT "bolluxed up" before SP2.
"velozoom30" wrote in message ... Thanks to Microsoft's WindowsXP SP2, I have finally made the move to open source applications. I've wanted to make the move for some time but some laziness on my part has delayed me. Thanks, Billy, for pushing out the SP2 and specifically the security center because that horrid piece of programming (I call SP2 the new WinME) finally made me so angry and frustrated with you and your company that I built up a Linux box at home and will soon be migrating all of my personal equipment over to the Penguin. If I am browsing and come across some content that will only work in your non-W3c standards compliant browser, I refuse to view it. DId you notice that FireFox 1.0 was downloaded over a million times the first DAY it was available? Hallelujiah! I am the systems administrator at a television station and so am used to dealing with new technology. I have never had as many problems with a single piece of software (and let me tell you, video-editing, TV production, and graphics software can be extremely touchy and hard to work with) as I have with SP2. It has bolluxed up so many systems at my station, rendering some applications totally unusable, that I have removed it from every machine I have. I've talked to the administration and we are looking into moving away from all MS products and following the growing trend of dismantling our Windows infrastructure. I truly hope that the recent trend in computing to move away from the monopolistic domination of MS is but the first scratchings of the proverbial writing on the wall that will soon say that MS is on its way out. Maybe it won't come soon, certainly not soon enough for any thinking and rational IT person, but I think it is coming and on that day I will rejoice. Thanks, again, Billy. SP2 did it's job well enough for me. |
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