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Old October 25th 05, 02:42 AM
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Default Windows Software is Simply Bad Software

The basic problem is that Unix is the result of seeking academic perfection.

Microsoft is about making money.

As any former developer who also had to work with Windows will tell you,
Windows means work around, and noticing the marketing department made choices
in what bugs they spent the money on fixing.

I can break anything MS writes for that reason, and learned to read through
the source code for the actual coding of even the standard libraries included
with the SDK.

Given the objective is financial, I would point out that MS has met its
objectives, and until someone or something creates enough competition to make
those bug lists a major issue, the issue of how much to spend will always be
there.

As an opener on that topic, I read that Tiger has actual security and is
based on a labor of academic perfection in which it is not also an open sieve
to anybody who walks up to or directs a process to the computer.

I go back to Windows 2.1 when I had an entire LIMS system crash due to an
upgrade of DOS 3.3 to DOS 4, and MS did not have customer service, which
resulted in having to have a local technician in a computer store who just
felt bad for me, walk me through hardware by phone like someone directing a
delivery by phone so I could use the 5-1/4 to reload DOS 3.3 before the EPA
started assessing thousands in fines the next day for not having samples
processed and analysis reported. The entire system used to lock up when the
last pixel was in use even with DOS 3.3 underneath.

"winluser" wrote:

It won't do you any good to keep deleting my posts. Everyone already
knows that MS products are crap. The very fact that you censor posts
only shows how afraid you are of the truth.

MS software has a widespread reputation on the net for crashing, being
filled with security holes, being bloatware, and generally just being
bad software.

The fact that win98 SE won't work on fast machines is only a minuscule
example for the megabytes of posts that show that Win OS's are
programmed poorly and do not stand up to consumers demands.

Just google any MS software and you will find a myriad of complaints
about how their os's etc crash systems, do not work as intended and are
a sieve for hackers. It is common knowledge, so deleting my posts won't
help. Have a nice day and I'd follow up with that appointment for
therapy-you are seriously in need of a reality check.



From: "Gary S. Terhune"
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When someone complains that a specific version of Windows eventually
runs into this or that problem with hardware that is released after the
OS, particularly when that someone gloms onto such a minute detail (and
one that was fixed, whatever the author thinks of the solution) and
cites it as an example of Windows being a POS, I have to immediately
dismiss them as being utterly illogical.

Doesn't change my position. The problem here isn't Windows. It *may* be
hardware (cf. my own example, which involved XP, an OS that runs just
fine on lots faster hardware than I have.) But in this particular case,
it's user error, nothing more, nothing less.

Simply put, there's millions upon millions of fast machines running
Win9x systems with no problem whatsoever. The number of people running 1
to 2 GHz machines at 133/266 or faster that have this problem is
miniscule in comparison.

No, what we have here are simply a bunch of idiots. Idiots with
incredibly poor manners and absolutely ridiculous attitudes towards the
rest of the world at large. Bunch of whiners, really.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"anyone" wrote in message
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And from another source who also recognizes the fatal faults in
windows products: (repeated post, either did not propogate or was
rogue cancelled)

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There is another problem with Windows on newer, faster systems:
basically the computer is too fast for Windows. When using a fast bus
and a fast harddrive with a large cache (typically 2Mb), when Windows
closes it sends its final data, including finalising the registry, to
the HDD. The cache rapidly fills and gradually (in comparison) starts
writing to disk. Windows, happy that the data has all been sent to
disk, sends an ATX power-off request to the motherboard, which gladly
complies and pulls the plug. The net result is that anything still
left in the HDD cache is dumped. The typical symptom is as described:
an apparently normal shut-down, followed by a registry scan/repair on
start-up.


Microsoft has a knowledge base article (Q273017) in which they
describe the problem as affecting 900MHz+. I have had 800s fail and I
think the key is more bus speed (always 133) and disk transfer speed
and cache size (ATA100 and 2Mb+). I can see the problem getting worse
with the advent of DDR and 200/266 bus speeds. Microsoft have issued
a hot-fix, whilst denying all responsibility. The fix replaces the
ifsmgr.vxd (IDE file system manager virtual device driver) with a new
one, to recognize a new registry setting. The setting provides a short
delay on shut-down, to give the HDD time to finish. I feel this is a
poor fix as there is still no actual confirmation that the HDD is
done, just an arbitrary delay 'that should be long enough'.


If you need the hot-fix file, I need your platform type (only released
for Win Me or Win 98SE) and email address. I hope this helps.


--


Stephen T Cripps
Proprietor
MFS



www.m-f-solutions.mcmail.com


herman wrote in :

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in
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Wow! That's two people in one pass that I'm plonking. First time in
several months. Congratulations!

I've changed my opinion. In both yours and everyman's cases, the
obvious problem above all others is BCAK.

ROFL!! Good luck with your BSD, etc.


The truth hurts, I guess. Billy boy's products are living testimony
that quality and market share do not go together. It is too bad the
users have to use bad OS's because some greedy incompetent company
cannot manage to make money and produce reliable products at the
same time.