Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 14:34:13 10/29/01
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On October 29, 2001 at 16:55:46, Torstein Hall wrote:
>On October 28, 2001 at 12:33:40, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On October 28, 2001 at 05:09:41, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>What I see on today's statistics is:
>>>> Windows 97.0%
>>>> MacOS 1.3%
>>>> Unknown 1.0%
>>>> Linux 0.7%
>>>> WebTV 0.3%
>>>
>>>
>>>i do use computers to run my chess programs.
>>>i do a little internet, typing letters.
>>>
>>>i do not need a windows that has ONLY ONE INTEREST:
>>>to make my machine SLOWER, to increase the amount of resources
>>>the people need to buy !
>>>
>>>the only intention is do create a reason for the people to buy a faster pc,
>>>using more ram, bigger hdd and faster cd / dvd.
>>>
>>>in the times we had atari ST or amiga or mac, there
>>>was almost no big hdd, no cd, only discs and the machines worked
>>>without crashing.
>>>
>>>my atari ran weeks, without ever been shut down.
>>>without any noise, without big booting. without installing programs
>>>and reboot.
>>>all this windows stuff is nonsense.
>>>it began with windows. the whole catastrophy. with an operating system
>>>melting programs and os together. this is completely nonsense.
>>>it would be much easier to separate programs and os. each in a directory.
>>>so that you can reinstall windows/OS whenever you want without the need to
>>>install 33 or 50 programs again.
>>>
>>>windows, this means you lose time because you wait and wait and wait
>>>until the shit has booted. and when you install any shit, you need to reboot.
>>>and when the installation fails, it can be your whole windows is broken and you
>>>need to install os + all programs again, again, again.
>>>
>>>you need a new hdd and faster cpu each 1/2 year because next windows is that
>>>slow that you are forced to upgrade. bill gates is working with the hardware
>>>producers. he has a contract with seagate, intel, maxtor and ibm to increase the
>>>hardware power needed.
>>>
>>>i will tell you something. in the first moment somebody else
>>>produces an OS that is fast, compatible with win95 and runs my chess programs,
>>>i am away. and bill gates can die. i am waiting for this day.
>>>and i will not buy new windows versions.
>>>
>>>my palm, runs in an instant. with 2 micro-cells/batteries, it needs very less
>>>ram than any windows system and it works.
>>>
>>>in beginning days of computers there were many OS. and they all were better than
>>>microsoft shit. geoworks was an example what you can do with dos.
>>>novell tried a dos. the atari had a brilliant tos. and many other efforts.
>>>microsoft was NOT better. microsoft was big shit. from the very beginning.
>>>there was this need for a hdd to work. without hdd you could not start dos.
>>>all those commands that were loaded as overlay after the shell had been
>>>loaded. and windows was a big joke. my atari worked. i used good text and DTP
>>>programs. richard langs psion chess. with marvellous graphics 3d screen.
>>>
>>>in the moment somebody creates an os that emulates win95 and dos but still is
>>>faster and smaller than windows (its not a problem to write an OS that is
>>>smaller and faster than windows) and does not need to melt programs and OS the
>>>way you get a nightmare when windows is broken, in this moment i am away.
>>>and i am sure, many many many others will follow me. and bill gates is dead.
>>>and i will wait until this happens. and then this bigger, faster, more resources
>>>nonsense is over.
>>>
>>>even now my palm is the best alternative. i don't wanna have a windows ce
>>>machines, because this is the same shit that is installed on all my pc's.
>>>
>>>the day we will get rid of this bill gates i will make a big party.
>>>the same party i made when reagan was over and kohl was over and milosevic was
>>>in den hague.
>>>we don't need bill gates big, slow and fossile operating systems. i want to
>>>play chess with my computers, and not waste my time with ONE thought how to
>>>install the machine. a real computer makes everything itself. and the user is
>>>not recognizing what is going on. he does not need to know about devices.
>>>when i drive my car, and people all over the world drive cars, they do not need
>>>to know how to install a car, how the engine works or how to upgrade.
>>>they have a key, and they press a button and the car moves.
>>>there are many different car companies. this guaranties no monopolist
>>>drives you where HE wants to drive you.
>>
>>
>>
>>There are ways to avoid buying a bigger PC with each new release of Windows.
>>
>>I'm using 98lite with Windows Millennium edition. 98lite removes all the
>>unwanted stuff from the OS, leaving just what you want. Depending on your needs,
>>you can leave only the basics of the OS, and Windows ME runs fine with 16Mb RAM,
>>as good old Windows 95 did.
>>
>>As I understand, Windows is not optimized to be small or really fast, it is
>>optimized to be as flexible as possible. An example of this is the possibility
>>to add customized submenus to explorer windows for example (WinZIP does that:
>>when you righ-click on a file, there are menu options to zip or unzip).
>>
>>There are "hooks" like that everywhere in the system. That makes it bigger and
>>slower.
>>
>>Also, the PC hardware has certainly been a nightmare to deal with. So many
>>motherboards and extension cards and peripherals! Windows checks all the
>>hardware at boot time, and is even able to detect a change and reconfigure
>>itself. Microsoft did a good job, it's hard to say the opposite here.
>>
>>So I can understand it is slow to boot.
>>
>>In short, it could be smaller and faster, but probably not much.
>>
>>It is bloated, but there are solutions to avoid this.
>>
>>My main concern is the control of the information world by a single entity:
>>Microsoft. I'm not going to repeat here why I'm not pleased by the situation,
>>but you are right, as soon as we have an alternative, I'll say goodbye to
>>Windows.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>I do understand your consern about one company controling to much, but I think
>this issue has a flip side. I think its nice that nearly everybody can run the
>same programs. You do not need a lot of versions, for a lot of different systems
>etc. etc. Makes life a lot simpler for a lot of people.
>
>Torstein
I don't say the opposite.
But my concerns remain.
Christophe
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