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This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

Started byLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
First post2024-12-31 19:08 +0000
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  This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-31 19:08 +0000
    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-31 15:19 -0500
      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2024-12-31 15:41 -0500
        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-31 21:09 +0000
      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2024-12-31 21:40 -0500
        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-31 22:14 -0500
          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2024-12-31 22:16 -0500
            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-31 22:46 -0500
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-01-01 07:50 -0500
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-01 08:37 -0500
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-01-01 09:20 -0500
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-01 10:06 -0500
                      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 23:31 +0000
                        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-01 19:26 -0500
                          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-02 19:14 +0000
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-01 09:38 -0600
      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Gregg Fowler <totsob@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-01 14:45 +0000
        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-01 10:20 -0500
        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-01 11:42 -0500
        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-01 19:28 +0000
          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-01 14:34 -0500
            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-01 18:17 -0500
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-01 18:30 -0500
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-01 19:23 -0500
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-01 20:10 -0500
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-02 08:32 -0500
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-02 19:00 +0000
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-02 15:04 -0500
                      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-03 15:18 +0000
                        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-04 20:10 -0500
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-01 23:46 -0500
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-02 00:15 -0500
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-02 08:58 -0500
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-02 12:11 -0500
            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 23:38 +0000
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-01 18:54 -0500
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-01 19:28 -0500
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-01 23:59 -0500
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-02 00:16 -0500
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-02 05:31 +0000
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-02 18:21 +0000
                      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-02 21:55 +0000
                        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-03 10:18 +0000
                          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-03 21:25 +0000
                            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-04 13:06 +0000
                              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-04 09:48 -0500
                                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-05 00:28 +0000
                                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-04 21:16 -0500
                                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-05 02:44 +0000
                              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-04 13:29 -0700
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-02 08:55 -0500
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-02 19:22 +0000
                      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-02 15:04 -0500
                        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-03 01:58 +0000
                          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-02 22:12 -0500
                            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-03 08:41 +0000
                            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-03 07:16 -0500
                              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-03 20:24 +0000
                                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-03 15:38 -0500
                          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-02 22:36 -0500
                      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-03 11:26 +0000
                        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-03 06:13 -0600
                          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-03 13:47 +0000
                            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-03 21:26 +0000
                              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-03 20:24 -0500
                                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-04 06:43 -0600
                                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-04 10:20 -0500
                                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-04 13:47 +0000
                              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-04 13:16 +0000
                                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-05 00:26 +0000
                                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-05 14:35 +0000
                                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-06 00:15 +0000
                                      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-06 14:47 +0000
                                        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-06 20:20 +0000
                                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-04 20:21 -0500
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-02 18:50 +0000
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-02 21:57 +0000
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-02 22:41 -0500
                      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-03 10:37 +0000
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-03 10:28 +0000
          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-01 20:19 +0000
            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-01 15:24 -0500
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-01 21:14 +0000
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-01 17:10 -0500
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-02 00:19 +0000
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-01 22:12 -0500
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-02 19:26 +0000
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 23:53 +0000
            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-01 21:54 +0000
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-01 22:42 -0500
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-02 05:29 +0000
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-02 18:39 +0000
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-02 21:56 +0000
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-03 10:18 +0000
                    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-03 21:27 +0000
          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-01-26 19:07 +1100
            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-27 17:14 -0500
    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-31 20:45 +0000
      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 01:27 +0000
    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2024-12-31 21:33 -0500
    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-01 13:45 -0500
    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-01-02 13:50 +0100
      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-02 09:47 -0500
      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If  Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-02 10:37 -0500
        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-03 05:20 -0500
          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-03 16:48 -0500
            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-04 20:32 -0500
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-01-05 01:39 +0000
    Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-01-05 00:43 +0000
      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-05 02:45 +0000
        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-01-08 00:00 +0000
      Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-05 14:14 +0000
        Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-06 00:15 +0000
          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-05 22:29 -0500
            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-06 06:29 +0000
              Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-01-08 00:09 +0000
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-08 02:24 +0000
                  Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-07 22:44 -0500
                Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-09 09:02 -0700
          Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-06 14:48 +0000
            Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-07 02:07 +0000

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#15848 — This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2024-12-31 19:08 +0000
SubjectThis Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<vl1ff6$2c41l$1@dont-email.me>
Yet another
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the
Windows update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive
further security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update
to fix it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
introducing their own new bugs?

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#15858

FromJoel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
Date2024-12-31 15:19 -0500
Message-ID<8bk8njhp31eu4pri07cppsk95sfkcrtr2h@4ax.com>
In reply to#15848
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

>Yet another
><https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
>in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the
>Windows update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive
>further security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update
>to fix it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
>introducing their own new bugs?


Just incompetent, isn't it?  Why do they keep making the same
mistakes, again and again, releasing beta software as if it's ready
for prime time.  In 2019 it was what caused me to switch to Linux for
the first lengthy time (I'd installed it a few times but never used it
long-term).

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

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#15861 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

From"Alan K." <alan@invalid.com>
Date2024-12-31 15:41 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<vl1kt3$2d197$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#15858
On 12/31/24 03:19 PM, Joel wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Yet another
>> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
>> in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the
>> Windows update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive
>> further security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update
>> to fix it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
>> introducing their own new bugs?
> 
> 
> Just incompetent, isn't it?  Why do they keep making the same
> mistakes, again and again, releasing beta software as if it's ready
> for prime time.  In 2019 it was what caused me to switch to Linux for
> the first lengthy time (I'd installed it a few times but never used it
> long-term).
> 
It's probably because none of them use it 24/7 or even 10 hours a day?  IIHO if they did, they would 
see more issues.

-- 
Linux Mint 22, Cinnamon 6.2.9,  Kernel 6.8.0-51-generic
Thunderbird 128.5.2esr, Mozilla Firefox 133.0.3
Alan K.

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#15866 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2024-12-31 21:09 +0000
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<vl1q21.7ro.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#15861
Alan K. <alan@invalid.com> wrote:
> On 12/31/24 03:19 PM, Joel wrote:
> > Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> > 
> >> Yet another
> >> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
> >> in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the
> >> Windows update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive
> >> further security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update
> >> to fix it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
> >> introducing their own new bugs?
> > 
> > Just incompetent, isn't it?  Why do they keep making the same
> > mistakes, again and again, releasing beta software as if it's ready
> > for prime time.  In 2019 it was what caused me to switch to Linux for
> > the first lengthy time (I'd installed it a few times but never used it
> > long-term).
> > 
> It's probably because none of them use it 24/7 or even 10 hours a day?
> IIHO if they did, they would see more issues.

  Yes, the problem is that for home/personal/<whatever> use, *'we'* are
the beta-testers. Where 'we' are those users who tinker to a smaller to
larger extent. Normal users, who just buy complete systems and let them
run, normally do not encounter these 'corner cases'. Pity for 'us', good
for 'them'.

  And in a business environment, there is (read: should be) no way that
IT departments let random updates loose on their tens/hundreds/thousands/
hundreds_of_thousands of systems.

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#15880 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromAndrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
Date2024-12-31 21:40 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<5W1dP.111423$Uup4.14669@fx10.iad>
In reply to#15858
On 2024-12-31 15:19, Joel wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Yet another
>> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
>> in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the
>> Windows update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive
>> further security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update
>> to fix it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
>> introducing their own new bugs?
> 
> 
> Just incompetent, isn't it?  Why do they keep making the same
> mistakes, again and again, releasing beta software as if it's ready
> for prime time.  In 2019 it was what caused me to switch to Linux for
> the first lengthy time (I'd installed it a few times but never used it
> long-term).

We all have reasons to switch to Linux. When you're window shopping as 
most of us are when it comes to the operating system, it's hard to find 
the motivation to stick to it when we encounter the first few bugs. In 
your case, it was how slow 11 was making your new hardware feel; for me, 
it was the knowledge that the corporations involved had no interest in 
fixing a three-year-old bug that made using the operating system 
intolerable.

-- 
Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
Telegram: @AndrzejMatuch
Zephyrus G14 GA401QM on Fedora 41
KDE supporting member

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#15882 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromJoel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
Date2024-12-31 22:14 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<4kc9nj56fajv20c6aev6n3cuonnm29iqit@4ax.com>
In reply to#15880
Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>On 2024-12-31 15:19, Joel wrote:
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yet another
>>> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
>>> in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the
>>> Windows update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive
>>> further security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update
>>> to fix it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
>>> introducing their own new bugs?
>> 
>> Just incompetent, isn't it?  Why do they keep making the same
>> mistakes, again and again, releasing beta software as if it's ready
>> for prime time.  In 2019 it was what caused me to switch to Linux for
>> the first lengthy time (I'd installed it a few times but never used it
>> long-term).
>
>We all have reasons to switch to Linux. When you're window shopping as 
>most of us are when it comes to the operating system, it's hard to find 
>the motivation to stick to it when we encounter the first few bugs. In 
>your case, it was how slow 11 was making your new hardware feel; for me, 
>it was the knowledge that the corporations involved had no interest in 
>fixing a three-year-old bug that made using the operating system 
>intolerable.


Win11 23H2 was overweight, on a machine that was ideal to upgrade to
Win11 21H2.  That is just ridiculous.  Two years.  Is that an
eternity, or something?  I like Microsoft in the abstract, I think
they're innovators, I think they do some useful things.  But that is
irrelevant to my enjoyment of my machine.  Win11 outgrew it in *no
time*.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

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#15883 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromAndrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
Date2024-12-31 22:16 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<fs2dP.96724$EYNf.67582@fx11.iad>
In reply to#15882
On 2024-12-31 22:14, Joel wrote:
> Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On 2024-12-31 15:19, Joel wrote:
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yet another
>>>> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
>>>> in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the
>>>> Windows update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive
>>>> further security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update
>>>> to fix it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
>>>> introducing their own new bugs?
>>>
>>> Just incompetent, isn't it?  Why do they keep making the same
>>> mistakes, again and again, releasing beta software as if it's ready
>>> for prime time.  In 2019 it was what caused me to switch to Linux for
>>> the first lengthy time (I'd installed it a few times but never used it
>>> long-term).
>>
>> We all have reasons to switch to Linux. When you're window shopping as
>> most of us are when it comes to the operating system, it's hard to find
>> the motivation to stick to it when we encounter the first few bugs. In
>> your case, it was how slow 11 was making your new hardware feel; for me,
>> it was the knowledge that the corporations involved had no interest in
>> fixing a three-year-old bug that made using the operating system
>> intolerable.
> 
> 
> Win11 23H2 was overweight, on a machine that was ideal to upgrade to
> Win11 21H2.  That is just ridiculous.  Two years.  Is that an
> eternity, or something?  I like Microsoft in the abstract, I think
> they're innovators, I think they do some useful things.  But that is
> irrelevant to my enjoyment of my machine.  Win11 outgrew it in *no
> time*.

In exchange for manufacturers bundling Windows with every one of their 
machines, Microsoft agrees to bloat the operating system artificially to 
encourage users to upgrade more frequently.

It's long been a theory but I would love to someone to tell me that it 
is far-fetched.

-- 
Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
Telegram: @AndrzejMatuch
Zephyrus G14 GA401QM on Fedora 41
KDE supporting member

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#15884 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromJoel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
Date2024-12-31 22:46 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<cje9njhgqkjdm4bhrvkjkvbttt0b5u6bu3@4ax.com>
In reply to#15883
Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

>>> We all have reasons to switch to Linux. When you're window shopping as
>>> most of us are when it comes to the operating system, it's hard to find
>>> the motivation to stick to it when we encounter the first few bugs. In
>>> your case, it was how slow 11 was making your new hardware feel; for me,
>>> it was the knowledge that the corporations involved had no interest in
>>> fixing a three-year-old bug that made using the operating system
>>> intolerable.
>> 
>> Win11 23H2 was overweight, on a machine that was ideal to upgrade to
>> Win11 21H2.  That is just ridiculous.  Two years.  Is that an
>> eternity, or something?  I like Microsoft in the abstract, I think
>> they're innovators, I think they do some useful things.  But that is
>> irrelevant to my enjoyment of my machine.  Win11 outgrew it in *no
>> time*.
>
>In exchange for manufacturers bundling Windows with every one of their 
>machines, Microsoft agrees to bloat the operating system artificially to 
>encourage users to upgrade more frequently.
>
>It's long been a theory but I would love to someone to tell me that it 
>is far-fetched.


Boom.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

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#15891 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromChris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Date2025-01-01 07:50 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<vl3dlu$2ov5h$10@dont-email.me>
In reply to#15884
Joel wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>
>>>> We all have reasons to switch to Linux. When you're window shopping as
>>>> most of us are when it comes to the operating system, it's hard to find
>>>> the motivation to stick to it when we encounter the first few bugs. In
>>>> your case, it was how slow 11 was making your new hardware feel; for me,
>>>> it was the knowledge that the corporations involved had no interest in
>>>> fixing a three-year-old bug that made using the operating system
>>>> intolerable.
>>> 
>>> Win11 23H2 was overweight, on a machine that was ideal to upgrade to
>>> Win11 21H2.  That is just ridiculous.  Two years.  Is that an
>>> eternity, or something?  I like Microsoft in the abstract, I think
>>> they're innovators, I think they do some useful things.  But that is
>>> irrelevant to my enjoyment of my machine.  Win11 outgrew it in *no
>>> time*.
>>
>>In exchange for manufacturers bundling Windows with every one of their 
>>machines, Microsoft agrees to bloat the operating system artificially to 
>>encourage users to upgrade more frequently.
>>
>>It's long been a theory but I would love to someone to tell me that it 
>>is far-fetched.
>
> Boom.

That's the origin of the term "Wintel" IIRC.

-- 
A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.
		-- George Wald

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#15893 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromAndrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
Date2025-01-01 08:37 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<DybdP.12357$h3%7.10023@fx02.iad>
In reply to#15891
On 2025-01-01 07:50, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> Joel wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
> 
>> Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>
>>>>> We all have reasons to switch to Linux. When you're window shopping as
>>>>> most of us are when it comes to the operating system, it's hard to find
>>>>> the motivation to stick to it when we encounter the first few bugs. In
>>>>> your case, it was how slow 11 was making your new hardware feel; for me,
>>>>> it was the knowledge that the corporations involved had no interest in
>>>>> fixing a three-year-old bug that made using the operating system
>>>>> intolerable.
>>>>
>>>> Win11 23H2 was overweight, on a machine that was ideal to upgrade to
>>>> Win11 21H2.  That is just ridiculous.  Two years.  Is that an
>>>> eternity, or something?  I like Microsoft in the abstract, I think
>>>> they're innovators, I think they do some useful things.  But that is
>>>> irrelevant to my enjoyment of my machine.  Win11 outgrew it in *no
>>>> time*.
>>>
>>> In exchange for manufacturers bundling Windows with every one of their
>>> machines, Microsoft agrees to bloat the operating system artificially to
>>> encourage users to upgrade more frequently.
>>>
>>> It's long been a theory but I would love to someone to tell me that it
>>> is far-fetched.
>>
>> Boom.
> 
> That's the origin of the term "Wintel" IIRC.

Windows = Win
Intel = tel

That's the origin. It has nothing to do with bloat.

-- 
Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
Telegram: @AndrzejMatuch
Zephyrus G14 GA401QM on Fedora 41
KDE supporting member

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#15894 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromChris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Date2025-01-01 09:20 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<vl3iv9$2q80t$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#15893
Andrzej Matuch wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On 2025-01-01 07:50, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> Joel wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
>> 
>>> Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> We all have reasons to switch to Linux. When you're window shopping as
>>>>>> most of us are when it comes to the operating system, it's hard to find
>>>>>> the motivation to stick to it when we encounter the first few bugs. In
>>>>>> your case, it was how slow 11 was making your new hardware feel; for me,
>>>>>> it was the knowledge that the corporations involved had no interest in
>>>>>> fixing a three-year-old bug that made using the operating system
>>>>>> intolerable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Win11 23H2 was overweight, on a machine that was ideal to upgrade to
>>>>> Win11 21H2.  That is just ridiculous.  Two years.  Is that an
>>>>> eternity, or something?  I like Microsoft in the abstract, I think
>>>>> they're innovators, I think they do some useful things.  But that is
>>>>> irrelevant to my enjoyment of my machine.  Win11 outgrew it in *no
>>>>> time*.
>>>>
>>>> In exchange for manufacturers bundling Windows with every one of their
>>>> machines, Microsoft agrees to bloat the operating system artificially to
>>>> encourage users to upgrade more frequently.
>>>>
>>>> It's long been a theory but I would love to someone to tell me that it
>>>> is far-fetched.
>>>
>>> Boom.
>> 
>> That's the origin of the term "Wintel" IIRC.
>
> Windows = Win
> Intel = tel
>
> That's the origin. It has nothing to do with bloat.

It has to do with the symbiotic relationship of the two companies, and yes,
bloat did have something to do with it. IMHO.

-- 
My EARS are GONE!!

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#15897 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromAndrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
Date2025-01-01 10:06 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<%RcdP.212934$DYF8.25570@fx14.iad>
In reply to#15894
On 2025-01-01 09:20, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> Andrzej Matuch wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
> 
>> On 2025-01-01 07:50, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>> Joel wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
>>>
>>>> Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> We all have reasons to switch to Linux. When you're window shopping as
>>>>>>> most of us are when it comes to the operating system, it's hard to find
>>>>>>> the motivation to stick to it when we encounter the first few bugs. In
>>>>>>> your case, it was how slow 11 was making your new hardware feel; for me,
>>>>>>> it was the knowledge that the corporations involved had no interest in
>>>>>>> fixing a three-year-old bug that made using the operating system
>>>>>>> intolerable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Win11 23H2 was overweight, on a machine that was ideal to upgrade to
>>>>>> Win11 21H2.  That is just ridiculous.  Two years.  Is that an
>>>>>> eternity, or something?  I like Microsoft in the abstract, I think
>>>>>> they're innovators, I think they do some useful things.  But that is
>>>>>> irrelevant to my enjoyment of my machine.  Win11 outgrew it in *no
>>>>>> time*.
>>>>>
>>>>> In exchange for manufacturers bundling Windows with every one of their
>>>>> machines, Microsoft agrees to bloat the operating system artificially to
>>>>> encourage users to upgrade more frequently.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's long been a theory but I would love to someone to tell me that it
>>>>> is far-fetched.
>>>>
>>>> Boom.
>>>
>>> That's the origin of the term "Wintel" IIRC.
>>
>> Windows = Win
>> Intel = tel
>>
>> That's the origin. It has nothing to do with bloat.
> 
> It has to do with the symbiotic relationship of the two companies, and yes,
> bloat did have something to do with it. IMHO.

I won't deny the symbiotic relationship between the two, but I don't 
believe that it was any kind of conspiracy behind it. Intel was making 
the x86 chips, and IBM and Microsoft's software ran on that platform. 
While AMD worked for Intel to produce x86 chips and even after they no 
longer worked together, Microsoft ran just as well on AMD's x86 chips. 
People have always criticized the x86 platform for not being as good a 
the RISC variants, but it doesn't mean that there wasn't a need for x86.

-- 
Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
Telegram: @AndrzejMatuch
Zephyrus G14 GA401QM on Fedora 41
KDE supporting member

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#15929 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-01-01 23:31 +0000
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<ltm1j1Fhu4gU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#15897
On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 10:06:35 -0500, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

> I won't deny the symbiotic relationship between the two, but I don't
> believe that it was any kind of conspiracy behind it. Intel was making
> the x86 chips, and IBM and Microsoft's software ran on that platform.
> While AMD worked for Intel to produce x86 chips and even after they no
> longer worked together, Microsoft ran just as well on AMD's x86 chips.
> People have always criticized the x86 platform for not being as good a
> the RISC variants, but it doesn't mean that there wasn't a need for x86.

I agree. IBM chose the 8088 in part because they had experience with the 
8085 on the System/23. The rest is history. Intel was late to the mobile 
party which didn't do MS any favors. An example is the Atom processors. 
Intel made a lot more money on Core processors and lost interest in the 
Atom. That killed the cheap Surface line a Surface 3. The Pro series used 
Core processors and had a higher price. 

MS muddied the waters with the ARM powered Surface 1 and 2 and RT that 
left a bad taste.

At the moment Intel seems to be imploding as MS sails on.

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#15937 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromAndrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
Date2025-01-01 19:26 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<%2ldP.24350$DPp5.12509@fx01.iad>
In reply to#15929
On 2025-01-01 18:31, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 10:06:35 -0500, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
> 
>> I won't deny the symbiotic relationship between the two, but I don't
>> believe that it was any kind of conspiracy behind it. Intel was making
>> the x86 chips, and IBM and Microsoft's software ran on that platform.
>> While AMD worked for Intel to produce x86 chips and even after they no
>> longer worked together, Microsoft ran just as well on AMD's x86 chips.
>> People have always criticized the x86 platform for not being as good a
>> the RISC variants, but it doesn't mean that there wasn't a need for x86.
> 
> I agree. IBM chose the 8088 in part because they had experience with the
> 8085 on the System/23. The rest is history. Intel was late to the mobile
> party which didn't do MS any favors. An example is the Atom processors.
> Intel made a lot more money on Core processors and lost interest in the
> Atom. That killed the cheap Surface line a Surface 3. The Pro series used
> Core processors and had a higher price.
> 
> MS muddied the waters with the ARM powered Surface 1 and 2 and RT that
> left a bad taste.
> 
> At the moment Intel seems to be imploding as MS sails on.

Yeah, I hear you about Intel. I wasn't aware of how bad it was doing 
until I watched a video on YouTube a while ago where the producer showed 
that the company had neglected most categories and had their crown 
stolen from them. They're not in consoles, nobody wants them for mobile 
computing and gamers seem to prefer AMD.

-- 
Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
Telegram: @AndrzejMatuch
Zephyrus G14 GA401QM on Fedora 41
KDE supporting member

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#15983 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-01-02 19:14 +0000
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<lto6smFrr0kU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#15937
On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 19:26:35 -0500, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

> Yeah, I hear you about Intel. I wasn't aware of how bad it was doing
> until I watched a video on YouTube a while ago where the producer showed
> that the company had neglected most categories and had their crown
> stolen from them. They're not in consoles, nobody wants them for mobile
> computing and gamers seem to prefer AMD.

Gelsinger bet the farm on the foundry and poured billions into it, some of 
which was supposed to come from Biden's CHIPS act. 

https://www.nbc4i.com/intel-in-ohio/ceo-who-brought-intel-to-central-ohio-
retires/

December 1 was a Sunday and his 'retirement' caught a lot of people 
flatfooted.  Gelsinger, Zinsner and others are being sued over a laundry 
list of alleged violations of securities law and misleading shareholders 
over the Intel Foundry spinoff. It's further complicated by the politics 
involved in the federal funding. If the Ohio plant is finished it will 
still be trailing TSMC's technology.

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#15899 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

Fromchrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid>
Date2025-01-01 09:38 -0600
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<v8oanjleqk2k58mojapenh9b16v9cf8gec@4ax.com>
In reply to#15894
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

>>> That's the origin of the term "Wintel" IIRC.
>>
>> Windows = Win
>> Intel = tel
>>
>> That's the origin. It has nothing to do with bloat.
>
>It has to do with the symbiotic relationship of the two companies, and yes,
>bloat did have something to do with it. IMHO.

Nope.  It's only shorthand for the computing platform of Windows on
x86.

-- 
"What's happened is that the advocates have been beaten by the
implications of their own words."  -  lying asshole "-hh", lying
shamelessly

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#15895

FromGregg Fowler <totsob@yahoo.com>
Date2025-01-01 14:45 +0000
Message-ID<sycdP.195039$ZAue.171799@fx12.iad>
In reply to#15858
On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:19:23 -0500, Joel wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>Yet another
>><https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-
future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
>>in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the Windows
>>update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive further
>>security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update to fix
>>it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
>>introducing their own new bugs?
> 
> 
> Just incompetent, isn't it?  Why do they keep making the same mistakes,
> again and again, releasing beta software as if it's ready for prime
> time.  In 2019 it was what caused me to switch to Linux for the first
> lengthy time (I'd installed it a few times but never used it long-term).

Beta software is beta software. An OS is an OS. 

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#15898 — Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

FromAndrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
Date2025-01-01 10:20 -0500
SubjectRe: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Message-ID<B2ddP.31484$mi11.9597@fx48.iad>
In reply to#15895
On 2025-01-01 09:45, Gregg Fowler wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:19:23 -0500, Joel wrote:
> 
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Yet another
>>> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-
> future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
>>> in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the Windows
>>> update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive further
>>> security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update to fix
>>> it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
>>> introducing their own new bugs?
>>
>>
>> Just incompetent, isn't it?  Why do they keep making the same mistakes,
>> again and again, releasing beta software as if it's ready for prime
>> time.  In 2019 it was what caused me to switch to Linux for the first
>> lengthy time (I'd installed it a few times but never used it long-term).
> 
> Beta software is beta software. An OS is an OS.

What he meant is that the Windows updates Microsoft was releasing might 
as well have been considered beta since they weren't properly tested and 
caused many machines to become unbootable.

-- 
Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
Telegram: @AndrzejMatuch
Zephyrus G14 GA401QM on Fedora 41
KDE supporting member

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#15900

FromJoel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
Date2025-01-01 11:42 -0500
Message-ID<82sanjl36qmfr4kbemflfif9u68ccr9r16@4ax.com>
In reply to#15895
Gregg Fowler <totsob@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:19:23 -0500, Joel wrote:
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>>Yet another
>>><https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-11-24h2-bug-could-block-
>future-security-updates-see-whos-affected/>
>>>in the ongoing stream of bugs from Microsoft resulting from the Windows
>>>update process itself. This one breaks the ability to receive further
>>>security updates. So once you get it, how do you get an update to fix
>>>it? Particularly when there have already been updates that kept
>>>introducing their own new bugs?
>> 
>> Just incompetent, isn't it?  Why do they keep making the same mistakes,
>> again and again, releasing beta software as if it's ready for prime
>> time.  In 2019 it was what caused me to switch to Linux for the first
>> lengthy time (I'd installed it a few times but never used it long-term).
>
>Beta software is beta software. An OS is an OS. 


So an OS is not software?  They can't release poorly tested code for
an OS, just like an app?

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

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#15906

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-01-01 19:28 +0000
Message-ID<vl450i$2tjip$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#15895
On Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:45:44 GMT, Gregg Fowler wrote:

> Beta software is beta software. An OS is an OS.

And Microsoft is the only one shipping a beta-quality OS and expecting its 
users to rely on that for mission-critical production work.

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