Comment The road ahead, or the road behind? (Score 1) 291
Being a user of many different platforms, I'd like to think that I have a pretty open mind about the good and bad points of most of the more popular ones. Let me just say a few things regarding the mud you guys are flinging around here, because I truly tire of it (not that a damn thing I say will change a thing, but I get to vent some).
First of all, it's like you guys don't realize that everyone has their own valid opinion and the first thing that is done when someone expresses theirs is insta-flame. First, one needs to admit that everybody's reality is their own and if they love Win95/98 or Linux, well why are you trying to tell them they are stupid for not thinking like you?
Let me show you what I mean. I owned an Apple IIe when I was a young buck, and I loved it. I later got a Commodore 64 and I loved programming that thing too. Later I moved on to an Amiga, and that thing rocked, in my opinion. I got a job programming Win3.1 applications about 6 years ago, and there were things I liked about Win3.1 at the time (believe it or not). I got a Macintosh for my home music studio, and there are some really neat things that OS does. Upgrading the PC to Win95 was really exciting for me, because it's all in the name of advancing technology. I now develop under Win NT 4.0, because it's a lot more stable. And recently (finally) I installed Linux on my home machine and am trying to learn how that works. I am really impressed!
I would never sit here and preach that one OS is better than another. Because that's simply not true. I will say that each OS has its advantages over the others. I will say they all have great things about them, and bad things as well. The only reason I can see for being a fanatic of one in particular is because your life is empty and you feel you need a cause. Because if you were truly open minded, you'd come to the realization that all OS's available have some great things about them. I consider myself a user of technology, not a mindless fanatic. I think it's GREAT that all this diversity exists. It makes for great innovation and advances, and that's all I'm concerned with.
I make my money on a PC. But that doesn't mean that it's my favorite platform to tinker with.
Do you see what I'm trying to get at people? The only truth about all these OS's is that they all have good parts, and they all have bad parts depending on the person using it and what they want/need to accomplish.
I believe the original article was about Bill Gates and the author's opinion of him and his new book. It didn't take long at all before the responses went off into totally unrelated topics (flames).
Why don't we all talk a little more like adults and follow a more intellectual flow of conversation? Sometimes these threads reinforce my theory that, for the most part, the people who post to these groups are socially retarded. That's not a flame, just a conclusion you force me to come to time and again through observation of your interactions one with another.
First of all, it's like you guys don't realize that everyone has their own valid opinion and the first thing that is done when someone expresses theirs is insta-flame. First, one needs to admit that everybody's reality is their own and if they love Win95/98 or Linux, well why are you trying to tell them they are stupid for not thinking like you?
Let me show you what I mean. I owned an Apple IIe when I was a young buck, and I loved it. I later got a Commodore 64 and I loved programming that thing too. Later I moved on to an Amiga, and that thing rocked, in my opinion. I got a job programming Win3.1 applications about 6 years ago, and there were things I liked about Win3.1 at the time (believe it or not). I got a Macintosh for my home music studio, and there are some really neat things that OS does. Upgrading the PC to Win95 was really exciting for me, because it's all in the name of advancing technology. I now develop under Win NT 4.0, because it's a lot more stable. And recently (finally) I installed Linux on my home machine and am trying to learn how that works. I am really impressed!
I would never sit here and preach that one OS is better than another. Because that's simply not true. I will say that each OS has its advantages over the others. I will say they all have great things about them, and bad things as well. The only reason I can see for being a fanatic of one in particular is because your life is empty and you feel you need a cause. Because if you were truly open minded, you'd come to the realization that all OS's available have some great things about them. I consider myself a user of technology, not a mindless fanatic. I think it's GREAT that all this diversity exists. It makes for great innovation and advances, and that's all I'm concerned with.
I make my money on a PC. But that doesn't mean that it's my favorite platform to tinker with.
Do you see what I'm trying to get at people? The only truth about all these OS's is that they all have good parts, and they all have bad parts depending on the person using it and what they want/need to accomplish.
I believe the original article was about Bill Gates and the author's opinion of him and his new book. It didn't take long at all before the responses went off into totally unrelated topics (flames).
Why don't we all talk a little more like adults and follow a more intellectual flow of conversation? Sometimes these threads reinforce my theory that, for the most part, the people who post to these groups are socially retarded. That's not a flame, just a conclusion you force me to come to time and again through observation of your interactions one with another.
