Many of you are both irritating *and* boring

My mistake for posting in the wrong place

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:23:48 -0700 (PDT), John Rivers wrote:
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> Many of you are both irritating *and* boring
>
> My mistake for posting in the wrong place[/color]

Maybe it was the wrong post, rather than the wrong place :-)

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Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

John Rivers wrote:[color=blue]
> Many of you are both irritating *and* boring
>
> My mistake for posting in the wrong place[/color]

And don't let the door hit you on the way out. If you post to COLA, they
will put you on a pedestal on top of your soapbox.

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:27:31 -0500, whs wrote:
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> Sentar;1168251 Wrote:[color=green]
>> REASONS...
>> I have been in the computer industry for 22 years.
>> 1) When XP PRO came out I loved the way it worked "Classic/Start" I
>> could find
>> change and store files where I wanted to.
>> 2) VISTA Ult and Pro I nerver did use the interface that MS started in
>> when you
>> installed it, I reverted to the "Classicc" option and did so for all
>> 115 users and
>> they all asked how to revert so they could change their system
>> purchased for
>> home.
>> 3) NOW along comes WIN7 where MS has againg drastically altered the
>> UI/Start/and file systems. The first thing I looked for was the option
>> to use the
>> "Classic" interface SHOCK HORROR MS had removed it completely, NO
>> option
>> just NOT there.
>>
>> I have spent the last 3 weeks around 4 hours a day attempting to learn
>> "MS's WAY" yet at the end of the day I come back to my Vista system and
>> complete jobs/business that I did not complete on WIN7.
>>
>> I have attempted to bite the bullet and use WIN7 but sorry the
>> frustration level is higher than my ability to concertrate.
>> In a effort to ensure that it was NOT me I have provided 2 systems (1 x
>> DT and 1 x N/B) with WIN7 and have asked my users to use these systems
>> for 1 week.
>> I assure you that after 2 days I have been told give me back my orginal
>> system or I will resign, this was not a selected few it was new
>> employees, older secretarys and users.
>>
>> I cannot allow my business to be hijacked and bankrupted by MicroSoft.
>> I can only imagine the disruption to a corporate or large business.
>>
>> I hope this gives you an insite.
>>
>> Regards Carl[/color]
>
>
> Thanks Carl, that is a very interesting perspective. It is always
> interesting to hear the view of a real customer. I was in large systems
> software development since 1961 and know that in these circles one can
> easily get disconnected from the real customers. The logics applied in
> the development houses (especially when it is the biggest company in the
> industry), can very easily land on cloud 9.
> On the other hand, you sometimes have to decide to leave legacy behind
> - else the system will mushroom forever. And then you get complains too.
> It looks like in this case MS picked the wrong facility.
> However, I have also learned over the years that people do not like
> change all together - even at the system professional level (or for that
> matter in any life situation). Maybe that is why progress is coming in
> such small doses.[/color]

I have been reading and posting in a thread in the media center NG,
starting with:

Message-ID: <3DFD500B-6022-448F-BA64-8C21EFD65145@microsoft.com>

The problem there is that someone apparently has been using some *very* old
equipment, and now is having a very difficult time saving some work that he
doesn't want to lose, because his equipment is totally obsolete. The poster
is not the person in question, but is hoping to help him, in spite of what
looks like significant odds against success.

It's not, generically, a new or unknown problem, of course. Like just try
to copy songs off of your 8-track tapes...

Anyway, in spite of the pain, in the long term it might still be safest for
Sentar to move to Vista or 7. It's his decision, and I won't presume to
argue with him about it, but I still wish to express my opinion.

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Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

Gene E. Bloch wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:27:31 -0500, whs wrote:[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > Sentar;1168251 Wrote: > >> REASONS... > >> I have been in the[/color][/color][/color]
computer industry for 22 years. > >> 1) When XP PRO came out I loved
the way it worked "Classic/Start" I > >> could find > >> change and
store files where I wanted to. > >> 2) VISTA Ult and Pro I nerver did
use the interface that MS started in > >> when you > >> installed it,
I reverted to the "Classicc" option and did so for all > >> 115 users
and > >> they all asked how to revert so they could change their
system > >> purchased for > >> home. > >> 3) NOW along comes WIN7
where MS has againg drastically altered the > >> UI/Start/and file
systems. The first thing I looked for was the option > >> to use the >[color=blue][color=green]
>> "Classic" interface SHOCK HORROR MS had removed it completely, NO >
>> option > >> just NOT there. > >> > >> I have spent the last 3 weeks[/color][/color]
around 4 hours a day attempting to learn > >> "MS's WAY" yet at the
end of the day I come back to my Vista system and > >>

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:45:05 -0500, just as I was about to take a
herb, Sentar <guest@unknown-email.com> disturbed my reverie and wrote:
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>I have been in the computer industry for 22 years.[/color]

As a tea lady it sounds like.
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Cheers,

DrT

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** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
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