[H-GEN] I love Microsoft

[Doug Young]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs "Doug Young" <dougy at gargoyle.apana.org.au>)

The typical office user couldn't care less about technical stuff  .....
despite the typical problems  with Microsoft stuff, it still does work
acceptably well, is user friendly, there are adequate reasonably sorted
applications, and plenty of intelligible documentation ... which is a large
part of why Bill Gates is worth what he is and what has helped to make the
internet what it is today...... if there was no option except unix and its
ilk there would undoubtedly be a mere fraction of the number of PC's in the
world right now.

Whilst there is no question that unix based operating systems are far more
stable than, for example NT4 (well isn't EVERYTHING more stable than that
!!) they all have the problem of documentation ranging from non-existent to
extremely poor & totally unintelligible. The unix world has never done much
for the average front office user to whom computers are no more than a fancy
typewriter or fax machine .....  a good example of the reason why unix based
operating systems are not as ubiquitous as Microsoft / AppleMac in front
office applications is the totally insane "mount / unmount" nonsense .....
does anyone in their right mind seriously expect the average 16 year old
dollybird receptionist to use commands like that !!

-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Phillips <hfphillips at iname.com>
To: general at humbug.org.au <general at humbug.org.au>
Date: 17 July 1999 08:14
Subject: [H-GEN] I love Microsoft


>(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Harry Phillips
<hfphillips at iname.com>)
>
>I know most people in this list won't agree with me but I love Microsoft
and the
>software they put out.
>
>Let me explain the reasons.
>1. Their software is easier than linux for a beginner to use.
>2. Their software is pretty crappy.
>3. The ordinary users isn't interested in learning about their computer,
>it's just a tool they use to get a job done.
>
>I work in a job where I assist users when Windows/MS Office does something
it
>shouldn't and they don't know what to do.
>
>I have two recurring nightmares. The first is Microsoft makes their
software
>stable. The second is they keep going they way they are, linux becomes
>easier and easier to use and puts MS go out of business.
>
>The results of both nightmares are they same. 1. Ordinary users get
usability
>AND stability on their PC. 2. My job becomes redundant..
>
>So I say "Hip hip hooray Microsoft" keep NT so hard to administer that you
have
>to go on a course to figure out how to do it. Keep 95/98 and the next
>generation so unstable that I get a heap of calls and I don't lose my job.
>
>I love Microsoft, I won't use their products, but I hope ordinary users
keep
>using them. So if anyone knows how to get a message to Microsoft that they
will
>actually read or listen to please pass on my wishes for them to keep
including
>code in their latest products that was first written for DOS 2.
>
>Regards,
>Harry
> --
>"My train of thought is a runaway"
> Calvin and Hobbes
>
>
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