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| 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 |
| Organization | . |
| Message-ID | <op.ybl3k2d386ebyl@red.lan> (permalink) |
| References | (15 earlier) <XnsA592A83693F7CF7D9A8@dieselpower.eternal-september.org> <op.ybejl0kv86ebyl@red.lan> <n7oich$uhf$1@dont-email.me> <op.ybltdxje86ebyl@red.lan> <n7rp89$fr9$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
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
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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> - 2016-01-18 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
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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> - 2016-01-18 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
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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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