Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance
Date	2025-08-06 21:38 +0100
Organization	A little, after lunch
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On 06/08/2025 21:19, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 10:02:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 06/08/2025 06:54, c186282 wrote:
>>> Look ... M$ is a huge total Gordian knot of a "system" -
>>>     naught but patches of patches of patches plus alpha code.
>>
>> When I were a lad working for a large military electronics concern, I
>> realised that the way most design is done in big companies is - write
>> some rough kind of spec.
>> - bugger around until you meet it somehow.
>> - if it doesn't meet the spec, change the spec.
>> - run it through test and if it doesn't pass go back to buggering around
>>
>> I am not surprised M$ is a bloated mess of staked puncture repairs ..
> 
> My experience with a military project was different.
> 
> Spend over a year writing a very detained spec.
> Implement the system following the spec religiously
> Realize the completed system doesn't work very well
> Tough shit, it was built to spec
> Make very expensive cost plus mods to get it working. Sort of.
> Abandon project when Congress gets sick of pouring money down a rat hole.
> 
> 
Well we took three hits to get to the last stage

It was important to keep the budget going so it could be bled for other 
projects
> 
> 
> 

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M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-06 01:54 -0400
  Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-06 10:02 +0100
    Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-06 20:19 +0000
      Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-06 21:38 +0100
  Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-06 11:04 +0200
    Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-06 21:45 -0400
      Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-07 08:29 +0200
        Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-07 02:57 -0400

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