Re: Running Instances on Windoz

drak0nian_at_yahoo.com (Paul Drake) wrote in message news:<1ac7c7b3.0312071238.3fd240eb_at_posting.google.com>...
> joel-garry_at_home.com (Joel Garry) wrote in message news:<91884734.0312041657.5da50d3a_at_posting.google.com>...
> > Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1070498987.550296_at_yasure>...
> >
> > > >>I find Windows fine until something serious happens and I can 'point &
> > > >>click' my way into oblivion as well as the next guy. I just don't
> > > >>understand why things do a subtle shift every once in a while, requiring
> > > >>a full reinstall & repatch about every 9-12 months - in every Windows
> > > >>system I own.
> > >
> > > Lack of QC?
> >
> > One of my home W98 systems has printing and shutdown problems because
> > the updates from Redmond show a definite lack of QC. No one yet has
> > been able to figure it out (and some very capable people have tried).
> > The manufacturer was Packard Bell, so I seem to be TSOL. The three
> > laws of windowsthermodynamics seem to be: Can't fix, can't restore,
> > can't upgrade. But at least I save money from my 7-year-old not
> > burning through print cartridges.
> >
> > jg
>
> Joel,
>
> Packard Bell was the worst vendor of crappy boxes. I'd much rather
> take my chances with the vendors at a computer show than do battle and
> waste my time with such junk.
>
> No wonder why you think windows is such crap, you likely would have
> had the same issues while running a Linux distribution on junk
> hardware, if you could have even gotten something to install on it at
> all.

Naw, my opinion comes from working with it for most of a decade+ on customer/employers boxes, name-brand and otherwise, vs sometimes lucking out and getting a nice workstation. And comparing it as a server to unix or VMS servers. Every few years they come out with some new buzz, and I say to myself "self, finally, you can use this as a real OS." And every few years I am severely disappointed. The PB was explicitly a cheap system for a then-2-year-old. It still does work ok except for when updates from Redmond screw it up or Disney products expect some kind of weird video card or whatever.

And of course, Frankenbox is dual'ed with linux, and that really shows how bad windows is.

>
> Retire the piece of trash and stop wasting your time.

Noted and agreed. Waiting for the after XMas sales to put together a nice Linux/Oracle box. Hardware recommendations still being solicited.

jg

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