[Wftl-lug] I am hearing blind people discussing the merits of colour !

[Jon Biddell]

On 09/01/2007, at 5:16 PM, karlmarx at mountaincable.net wrote:

> Sorry, but I just had to butt in. I have been trained and worked as an
> analytical chemist and later, for much longer, as an electrcal  
> technician.
> In either capacity it was unthinkable to simply gloss over a fatal  
> error.
> Windows unpredictable crashes makes it UN-acceptable for anything but
> games. It is normally not good practice to erect an edifice on  
> QUICKSAND.
> Nor was it acceptable for a big boiler's feed-water pump to drop  
> OFF-LINE
> for no discernible reason ( think nuclear reactor here)?  I have  
> been away
> from paid work for almost twenty years; have I slipped a cog or am I
> mixing apples and oranges ? Have things changed that much?
>    Regards
>       willi

I fully agree Willi - Microsoft should be held responsible for  
releasing unfinish crap - yet the EULA (that nobody bothers to read)  
indicates that you have purchased a licence to use something that may  
or may not work.

Imagine if the automobile industry ran this way - wait a minute, IT  
DOES (see Ford's new WinCE powered dash !!)

jon


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