"Greg Mayman" bravely wrote to "William Kitchen" (10
Sep 03  07:33:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "WATTS UP? KILOWATT-HOUR M"

 WK>  Hopefully MS is getting a little better
 WK> about it now that they've been burned a few times.

 GM> IMO they have only improved because of the flack they are getting
 GM> from the world's courts. It will be interesting to see what comes
 GM> out of the European case against M$.

 GM> The problem with a company run by "children" is that they are too
 GM> excited about getting the next version up and running to bother
 GM> about fixing problems with current versions, at least until they
 GM> are forced to :-(

The problem with MS is that from the start computer software companies
were allowed to exempt themselves from a contract of performance like we
expect from a normal service industry. For example a car repair in my
jurisdiction is supposed to be guaranteed for 3 months, same thing for a
plumber who repairs a pipe, etc. However, MS was allowed to get away
with the little fine print denying any responsibility for the failure of
their software to do the job or damage other equipement. Had they been
nailed from the outset, I'm of the opinion we would have had really
great software today, instead of the mickymousing we have to endure now!

 Mike
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... Well I defragged my TV and went all the way back to basic cable!
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