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Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day

From "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.freeware, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.privacy.anon-server
Subject Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day
Date 2016-01-21 23:30 +0000
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 23:27:04 -0000, H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:50:11 -0000, Mr Macaw wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:11:25 -0000, H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 21:35:50 -0000, Mr Macaw wrote:
>>>
>>>> Again, I tell you that the big companies manage.  And that well written software doesn't even need patching.  I've got programs from 3 or 4 versions of windows ago that just work.
>>>
>>> Hilarious!
>>>
>>> It take 1000 inklings to have a clue, and brother, you haven't even hit
>>> double digits yet. LOL
>>
>> You can giggle like a silly little child all  you like, but NO PROGRAMS failed when I upgraded to windows 10.  In fact all the programs I have were running back in Vista.
>
> That's good for you. And if I ever move my VM to Windows 10, I may very
> well experience the same thing. How well a program is written and how big
> the company that produced it has much less to do with the programs
> dependency on proprietary APIs that change in an undocumented fashion. Many
> programs I wrote for DOS still work in Windows 7 x86. Many programs I wrote
> for Windows 95 still run on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Some of the programs I
> wrote only sort of broke (they still run but have slight issues) in the
> move from XP x86 to Win7 x64. Some programs entirely broke in the move from
> XP to Win 7 x86 or x64 as some needed API calls changed. Nothing I can do
> about it, it's just the way it is. The programs were not poorly coded,
> their functionality dictated the use of certain APIs that changed. It is
> impossible to know what will and what will not change until either it's
> documented or the program breaks and you have to debug it.
>
> Your statement that "well written software doesn't even need patching" is
> ridiculous and exposes the ignorance you have in the field of Windows
> software development.

And you're too fucking lazy to rewrite your code to keep up with the times.

-- 
It's strange, isn't it? You stand in the middle of a library and go "Aaaaaaagghhhh!!!!" and everyone just stares at you.  But you do the same thing on an aeroplane, and everyone joins in.

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Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2016-01-17 21:02 +0000
  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-17 21:09 +0000
    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2016-01-17 21:24 +0000
      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-17 21:34 +0000
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2016-01-17 22:19 +0000
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Vidhur" <vidhur823@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-18 05:01 +0100
            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2016-01-18 04:43 +0000
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2016-01-18 04:16 +0000
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2016-01-18 04:48 +0000
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-19 19:51 +0000
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-19 19:51 +0000
            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Ed Mullen <ejEMOVER@edmullen.net> - 2016-01-19 22:26 -0500
              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-20 19:57 +0000
    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2016-01-17 16:19 -0700
      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2016-01-18 04:16 +0000
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-18 21:51 +0000
    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-01-17 18:28 -0500
      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-17 23:32 +0000
    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2016-01-18 00:42 +0000
      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Info <info@pub.roluci.com> - 2016-01-18 01:06 +0000
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2016-01-18 01:28 +0000
  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-17 21:10 +0000
    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2016-01-17 21:24 +0000
      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-17 21:35 +0000
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2016-01-20 11:11 -0700
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-21 19:50 +0000
            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2016-01-21 16:27 -0700
              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-21 23:30 +0000
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2016-01-21 16:38 -0700
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-21 23:46 +0000
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2016-01-21 17:04 -0700
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-22 13:52 +0000
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2016-01-22 08:21 -0700
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-22 15:22 +0000
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2016-01-22 08:51 -0700
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-22 15:54 +0000
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2016-01-22 10:19 -0700
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-22 19:30 +0000
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2016-01-22 13:39 -0700
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-22 20:43 +0000
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          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-21 19:50 +0000
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