Curtis D. Levin wrote:[color=blue]
> "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote in message
> news:1187063668.447160.102790@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>> On Aug 12, 9:32 pm, "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <r...@invalid.org> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> The only thing I remember from the XP newsgroups when it was first
>>> released
>>> was "XP SUCKS". Do a google search for that term dated from Oct 2001
>>> forward
>>> and you'll see what I mean.
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>> The way I remember it is that XP actually *did* suck back then. It
>> wasn't only people saying it... :)
>>
>> The core Vista OS (kernel, memory management etc.) is actually better
>> than XP was when it first came out. The problem in Vista is all the
>> babysitter stuff tham makes it impossible to work. I have gotten rid
>> of most of it, so now it works....sorta....and it looks great! :)[/color]
>
> Notice that everyone that comes in here saying that win** sucks
> tells us that we should all run Linux instead? Or go back to XP?
> It's easy when the people who say that have no commitment.
>
> Yeah, XP is about done. Linux is even getting better than it
> used to be as far as hardware support is concerned, Even
> apple is easier, because they write one OS for one specific
> type of hardware.
>
> MS, OTOH, writes for just about everything, and everyone.
> If the guys who wrote Linux had to do it all themselves, it
> never would have gotten to where it is, and no one would have
> supported it, much less made money packaging it for money
> while the people who actually do it get nothing.
>
> Yeah, Vista is buggy. NOT. I've had it for less than a week
> and it does everything better than XP did, or Liunx when I had
> that. If the people who complained about it lurked here for a
> few days they might learn enough to fix the 3 or 4 settings
> that were causing problems. If they were polite instead of rude
> they might learn something. Something more than the manners
> their momma should have taught them. This is a Microsoft
> group, after all.
>
> If you want to praise Linux, go do it in the Linux group.
> Same same XP or mac. In the meantime, I can safely say that
> Vista is by far the best OS MS has come out with yet. And
> because it's still in it's infancy, we can expect even more.
>
> Count me as one satisfied customer.
>
> Curtis
>
>
>
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On a more serious note I presume you have heard the phrase "Constructive
Criticism" which some of those you criticize are intending to pursue?

On some issues MS have fallen, or are about to fall on their ass. This
affects the jobs of literally thousands of people, pretty much all over
the world. Even criticism that is not "Intended" to be constructive can
be constructive viewed in the proper light, whereas blandly stating that
everything is wonderful when it isn't is really contributing to a
problem in the future.

Now come back in a few weeks when you have actually "Used" Vista for
business or something important and let us know how it went. You don't
forgive Chrysler for selling you a car that's "Still in it's infancy" if
you need it for work, maybe you do if you are viewing the deal from an
enthusiast's point of view and want to be a test driver.