Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
 

User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2

 
 
Fascinating that you prefer using that for Usenet, I'm the reverse,
using Forte Agent under Wine, lol.

  I started with 'notes' ('notesfiles', not Lotus Notes) on Unix/UNIX
(HP-UX), so tin was the logical next step. Anyway, why would I want to
use a GUI+'mouse' for a pure text medium? No need to go forwards and
backwards between keyboard and mouse. But that's just my choice/
preference.

  As to Cygwin, for my personal use, Windows programs and all GNU tools
is the best combination, ever since early 2003. WSL came way too late
for me considering to switch to it.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:45:44 GMT, Gregg Fowler wrote:
 

Beta software is beta software. An OS is an OS.

 
And Microsoft is the only one shipping a beta-quality OS and expecting its
users to rely on that for mission-critical production work.

>
 Don't be silly! Any such 'users' are total idiots. The consumer
versions of Windows are totally unfit for "mission-critical production
work". And even business/enterprise versions need competent IT staff and
procedures to properly manage such systems.
>
 FYI, I've been supporting Five Nines systems (obviously not Windows
ones), so remarks like yours tend to push my button.

 
That's a good point - the business Winblows users will not be using
24H2, in the first place, M$ is testing it in the wild with early-
adopter types, masochists one might surmise.

  Indeed. I only updated to 24H2 after some months passed and most of
the dust had settled. Update went fine and the power efficiency
enhancements indeed seem to make my laptop's battery to last longer.
Who would have thought that! :-)