You Said It!
Microsoft Watch readers say some darn interesting things. We have collected some recent, lively comments for your weekend reading.
We've organized by commenter, post, and then the comment. This is the raw text with no corrections to typos or grammar.
Unfortunately, most commenters are identified only by first name, and not necessarily a real one. We're no fan of anonymous commenting, but you seem to prefer them. But let us take a moment to praise the commenters who identify who they really are.
Brian, Consumer Inertia Holds Back Vista:
"Vista sounds like a car with six doors. Four has been enough for almost everyone, for a long time, even for a minivan or big SUV with a third row of seats. Convincing all of us we NEED those extra two doors will be an uphill struggle for MS."
Dave, An Inconvenient Truth?:
"Saying that Macintosh is inferior to Windows because more people use Windows is like saying that all restaurants are inferior to McDonalds."
Brent D, ANI Patch: The Day After:
"The notion that the good guys will outsmart the bad guys is based on the assumption that both good and bad guys have equal motivation. That's not necessarily true: any bad guy in his basement can look for holes in an OS, then use those holes to make gobs of money. Basement good guys? They get nerd bragging rights. Seems about equal, huh?"
Jerry T, The Trouble With Windows Vista Capable:
"Sorry all you smug IT types, but most consumer's _do_ live under rocks when it comes to buying PCs."
Jeff, Recent Lawsuits Target Vista and VOIP:
"This is like the manufacturer saying, 'This car is capable of getting 50 miles per gallon' but without including the fine print that says, '...when driving in a flat area with no hills; otherwise you'll get 30 miles per gallon.'"
Chamelion, Microsoft Sees Double (Security Tuesdays):
"I just have downloaded the security patch from Microsoft. My XP drive now does not boot anymore. Not to last known good configuration, not in safe mode, not at all. I am writing this from my Linux drive. I wonder how Microsoft is going to fix that! Very unhappy."
Steve, Microsoft's Vista Number Games:
"I can just imagine how hard it would be to remove AOL crapware from linux or if they do purchase a Linux laptop and head over to the software section of the store and find well ... nothing or if they would find something to buy that ran on Linux take it home and spend 4.5 hours and 33 tech support calls to get a game installed on Linux (New Computer User)."
aiden, Vista Crack Means Big Trouble:
"There was a swedish firm I believe that looked into antipiracy levels of various pieces of software. They found, overall, that the best way to compat piracy is to offer your product at a lower price. There is a 'value threshold' above which the rate of piracy increases exponentially. My roomate is a software engineer for adobe, and they are spending nearly 40% of thier R&D on antipiracy!"
FVK, How Microsoft Wrapped the 'Ribbon' in a Bow:
"The title of your column was how Microsoft wrapped the 'Ribbon' in a bow. May I remind you that a Bow is just a fancy knot? And that is what MS has done. Put a knot into my productivity! Yeeh-Gads! What a mess!...Sheesh! Hey, Word Perfect, do you still exist? Will you take me back if I come to you on my knees? Pleeeaaasseee?????"
Nikhil Agarwal, Office Chief to Take the Windows Reins?:
"Dear Microsoft, I have received two letters under by microsoft letter head which tells me my email won a million. Would you be so kind to verify for me the information here under if it is from your office."
Mark, Apple to Developers: Get a Mac:
"It will be a cold night in hell before i switch to MAC."
MB, Personal DST:
"Brother.com sent an email on Saturday, 3/10 at 10:30PM informing me that my MFC-420CN (color multi-function network printer) is affected by the DST change. NO FIX WILL BE OFFERED. Their suggestion was to disable the automatic DST change setting and then change the date/time manually for the remaining life of the product."
Albert, Cut the Craplet?:
"When I find myself with at least 15 icons to different AOL, Symantec, Google, Apple, Real, etc., services and programs I feel like just throwing the computer across the room because I would expect to not have to 'clean' the computer of garbage on the first startup."
ben, Apollo is No Flash in the Pan:
"I'm no physicist (i'm not even sure I spelled that right), so I really really might be wrong on this: Doesn't one of Einstein's theories (Special relativity or General relativity) state that technically, 2 objects CAN occupy the same space at the same time?"
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