Hi Chuck,
I'm just happy that I'm still getting updates for XP. I see no reason to go
to another version of Windows until the computer goes belly-up and I have to
buy a new one with a new system already installed.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] On the subject of Photoshop Police
> My hat's off to Microsoft for testing and reliable distribution of
> updates. When I was system test manager for OS/2 in the late 80s and
> early 90s I thought I had my hands full when the product reached 3
> million lines of code. Microsoft in those days were still a bunch of
> 20-something development cowboys and hadn't a clue about how to go about
> a disciplined design, development and test process. But IBM eventually
> got them trained and whipped into shape whether they liked it or not.
>
> Today, some 20 years after I quite the business I'm just amazed. I
> understand that Windows is now at least 30 million lines of code or 10X
> what I had to deal with. I've been getting Windows weekly updates for
> years and years and years and only one has ever had a bug that I was
> keenly aware of. Apple has a much easier task with its close control of
> the hardware but, all in all, I think Microsoft does an incredible job
> of herding all those diverse cats.
>
> I think the students have long ago surpassed this teacher.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 12/8/2011 8:03 PM, WayneS wrote:
>> At 12/8/2011 06:00 PM, you wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Don't get me started on how the whole iTunes integration got broken.
>>> Listen
>>> to a podcast, delete it, and it reloads next time you sync. Did ANYBODY
>>> in
>>> Apple actually test this OS or did they hire some former Microsoft and
>>> HP
>>> people?
>>
>> Perhaps had they hired someone from microsoft, problem would have
>> been solved. I don't subscribe to itunes, I use an Android phone, and my
>> only connection to Apple is that they have made me $30K+ over the last
>> few years. As long as that doesn't change I love apple, but I prefer the
>> chaos that comes with freedom over totalitarianism.
>>
>> I know people like to bash microsoft, but they do keep iterating and
>> have done wonders to integrate a wide ranging set of periperals.
>> As a programmer, I use Visual Studio 6 hours a day, and for doing
>> embedded systems programming. Microsoft miss and hit, on occasion,
>> but if you are a developer, they are really nice company, unlike Apple.
>>
>> And linux, ... I just wish photoshop would work on it. And yes, I
>> have edited embedded linux code using Visual Studio. Go figure.
>>
>> WayneS
>>
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