Subj : Re: Autodetect and Synchronet
To   : Richardw
From : Quicksilver
Date : Tue Jan 22 2002 06:51 pm

RE: Re: Autodetect and Synchronet
BY: Richardw to Tracker1 on Sun Jan 13 2002 08:53 pm

 >  > now, my OS looks, and feels how I want it.. and win2k is still the
 >  > finest os ms has come up with to date.

 > I won't debate this...  I'm just not sure that's saying much.  ;-)

I can relate to that.  It is better than what they've stuck us with in the 
past (but then again, what isn't).  I'd prefer to be able to ding around with 
my Linux system more often but I only have one comp at the moment so I only 
get in there when I need to.  Admittedly things are slowly changing, but 
(generally speaking) for the bulk of business/office computing these days a 
solid grasp of MS systems and tools is a must.

Once you get higher up the food chain in IT work or development you may luck 
out and get to play with the cool toys but the masses are stuck with Windows. 
If I didn't need to know my way around it well enough to fix the general 
blips it generates in the office I wouldn't worry about it.  But I can't see 
calling IT and waiting on their bureacracy to fix something that would have 
me back working in the time it would take to call them.

I think advertising and marketting are two of the great evils of the world. 
Where else can you achieve dominance of an industry with sub-standard 
products but in the American marketplace?

Later,
       Q


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