Subj : Re: Exitilus 3.20
To   : Daemon
From : Deuce
Date : Thu Aug 18 2005 02:21 pm

  Re: Re: Exitilus 3.20
  By: Daemon to Deuce on Thu Aug 18 2005 13:54:00

 >   Oh, I don't necessarily mean everything will stop WORKING (hell, old DOS
 > stuff still work to this day, if a little buggy in some multi-tasking
 > environments), just that there was that fundamental shift in compatibilities
 > software suites that essentially forced the world to replace everything in
 > their computer systems to keep up with Gates' idea of what an OS is.
 > 
 >   Sure, it's a trend that continues, rather inevitably, through subsequent
 > versions, but I remember thinking B.G. had really put the boot to the pants 
 > the computer world with that shift to '95 to seize the market.
 > 
 >   Microsoft's marketing reminds me a lot of those Relacore commercials.  Hig
 > pressure circular logic sales pitches.  "Stress increases cortisol!  Cortiso
 > increases belly fat!  Relacore decreases Cortisol!!  YOU NEED RELACORE!!!!!"
 > Which is an attempt to kick-start the stress->fat cycle by stressing people
 > into thinking they're already inevitably fat.  Because they're stressed.
 > Because they're fat.  Because they're stressed...
 > 
 >   Just strikes me as being an awful lot like Microsoft products are marketed
 > particularly when there's a fundamental shift in operation involved.

Ok, I don't understand at all... are you saying that updating and overhauling
UI ideas is a bad thing?  Or that updating all programs to use a new UI
standard is bad?

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