================================================ Subject: Re: Dead end road!.. Drivel? From: "King_Dovregubben" To: Date: Sat 11 Aug 2001 08:27:57 -0700 ================================================ So basically, you are a moron and your IS department is full of trained chimps. > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed Discussion List > [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Creed - 7M3 - Live > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 5:06 PM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Dead end road!.. Drivel? > > > The thing about Windows is mainly financial. But the fact > that there are so many versions out there that are basically > the same. I never tried Windows 2000, except for a few > moments. In the few moments that I tried to install something > that worked fine on earlier versions. But, after I tried to > install the program that was a runtime Access application > from Access 97. The system cried out for many dll files. The > system did not just tell you that there was a newer version > installed. You had to ignore each instance of a dll file > requested install. Then after the whole installation process, > the thing would not work anyway.I know that the database > engine is dependent upon the kernel. So I left the 2000 > machine applicationless. The person goes to another windows > machine to use the database. > > There are many people that work in our IS department that > have trouble with dll file incompatibility. The thing that > bothered me most about the 2000 system was that it had some > rejection about a shared program that was not showing > approval in the registry. It sounded like a system that was > out to aquire money. Rather than a system that was interested > in using registry information to aid the program on opening > the correct versions of needed library files. > > The biggest thing that distracted me from windows was a > driver problem with the TTY driver. For Windows 3.1, the > driver seemed to work correctly. But with the driver for > Windows 95, it seemed to require a NULL character before it > would work properly. Then with the TTY driver for NT4, the > driver seemed to throw out a "line feed" or "carriage return" > before it recieved information. I ended up having to work > around these problem. Just as with many other problems with windows. > > You are right though, I feel about windows in a similar way > to those that bash AOL. Just as a dedicated AOL user dislikes > people "bashing thier boyz". A fanatical windows operator > takes offense to even legitimate complaints to thier choices. > > About the so-called drivel about the running out of road. Why > are their so many incompatible issues with different > applications. Then the added dread of dll files not being of > a standard format. The Linux bashers seem to cut down LInux > for not having standards. Why is there so many versions of > library files with the same name? > > > > Keith P. Mears wrote: > > > Blah, blah, blah > > > > Jim, why don't you just admit that you like bashing > Microsoft the way > > many of the rest of us like bashing AOL, instead of > continuing to post > > drivel like "Windows seems to run out of road a lot. But Linux is > > progressing steadily." > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 5:50 PM > > Subject: Re: Early today ..but with disclaimer...ramble by JC > > > > > > > >>I like your disclaimer before the support Jess. That is a very wise > >>decision. > >> > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, > > visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > > > > > > -- > This thing all things devours: > Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; > Gnaws iron, bites steel; > Grinds hard stones to meal; > Slays king, ruins town, > And beats high mountain down. > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp