Bill-ion Gates

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 15 Nov 2003 4:59 pm

Bill Gates who basically gave us the computer software most people use, also gave us explorer, which is the biggest pc of crap in the software world. Once it screws up, usually the only choice is the blue screen or shut the whole thing down or cut the electricty off so the computer will die. I repeat..die you SOB.

While the problem may not come up all the time, when it does, it is a total pain in the rear.

I suggest taking 1 billion of his money in one dollar bills and attaching it to his family jewels and letting it swing untill he gets the idea of what a problem it can be. I have had the problem at home, but it's far worse at work when some time of machine designs are negated due to the blue screen.

OK, I'm running win 98, an old program, but only cause you charge so much friggen money for the new stuff we average people have a hard time paying for the new programs, which have their own set of problems.

Bill gates, you have changed the world and made billions and F***ed everybody at the same time.

Strong letter to follow.

jay thompson · Post by **jay thompson** » 15 Nov 2003 5:13 pm

It occures to me that you had a choice when you decided to become computer literate, Mac or Micro. No sympathy here.
Best regards,
Jay Thompson

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 15 Nov 2003 6:00 pm

Actually it's how can one be computer literate until you buy a computer? I've been hacking away since the dark days of DOS, at least at work.

I've always been interested in the mac, still am I guess.

After nearly 20 years I'm still illiterate

when it comes to this machine doing it's own thing no matter how I pound on the keyboard.

Maye I need a bigger hammer.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 15 Nov 2003 8:45 pm

"You've got to be smarter than the equipment"....No matter what equipment you use.
Ricky

John P. Phillips · Post by **John P. Phillips** » 15 Nov 2003 11:53 pm

Hey Ken, sure beats not having one at all !!! Remember the good old days ? I was there. Where were they at ? hehe

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Mark Ardito · Post by **Mark Ardito** » 16 Nov 2003 6:39 am

Ken,

I feel your frustration buddy. If you think the Operating System is expensive, just check out the price tag on the new version of Office 2003! I can't believe they have such a strong share of market and still charge that amount of money! I do not know ANY business in America that does not use Microsoft Office (with the exception of attorney's offices...for some odd reason they use Word Perfect, at least in Chicago they do).

As for advise on your Win98 machine. Do you have any specs you can post (ie hard drive size, memory, processor etc).

My advice would be to reinstall Win98 or to upgrade, but you should only upgrade if your machine will be able to handle it.

Thanks,
Mark

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Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 16 Nov 2003 2:42 pm

I have been thinking about upgrading. I just upgraded my wifes' computer to Dell with XP and 80meg hard drive and so on. I have a Dell business account number and saved 400 or 500 dollars that way.

This 5 year old computer will serve me well on internet and such, but the music programs like cakewalk and such are showing signs of slowing down due to file sizes.

I have heard apple is better suited for music and such. I wouldn't mind having one just for that purpose, but I need to be convinced that an apple would be the way to go. I'll start a thread with that label. It might dcatch more attention.

Thanks for the replies, gentleman.

Ken

Mark Ardito · Post by **Mark Ardito** » 17 Nov 2003 7:15 am

Ken,

You have to understand that when the Windows 98 operating system was developed the people at Microsoft had no idea the progress that the tech industry was about to take. Applications that are released now take a HUGE amount of processing power and system requirements. Back in 98, Microsoft probably didn't imagine people recording multitrack music on the fly and editing multitrack music on the fly either. In order to reproduce multitrack playback takes a HUGE amount of power and memory. I wouldn't doubt that your old Win98 machine would burp and choke on those audio app's you were using. The OS and your machine were not really meant to use them. In 1998 it was more about surfing the web and word processing etc...

Mark

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 18 Nov 2003 5:42 pm

Ken, my advice is to use Netscape instead of IE.

Ron Page · Post by **Ron Page** » 18 Nov 2003 5:52 pm

Mark, you said...

I can't believe they have such a strong share of market and still charge that amount of money!

I think you've answered your own question, although you didn't actually put it in the form of a question.

Market share increases pricing power... always. Bill and MS make a good whipping boy but their in ept competitors --including Apple -- deserve a lot of the blame for our current lack of choices.

I've had zero trouble with my WIN XP Professional system. It's come a long ways since WIN 95 -- much more stable in my experience (and that of my son and daughter).

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Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 18 Nov 2003 6:08 pm

Donny, that's good advice. I have used netscape from the very beginning and would never switch.

Mark Ardito · Post by **Mark Ardito** » 18 Nov 2003 7:22 pm

Ron,

Yeah, I guess I answered my own question! I never thought of it. I recently read an article on the security that is put into the Office application suite. When I say security I mean the security against piracy. This article was stating that Microsoft makes 40% of it's revenue from its Office license sales! 40% is a lot considering how many products they actually put out! However, the article also went on to state that Office is the NUMBER ONE piece of software that is pirated in the world! I guess they are smart at trying to stop piracy on their profit making baby.

I have tried Open Office http://www.openoffice.org (A free Open-Source version of Office) but ran into some issues with fonts and formatting. Documents that I work with at my office need to be perfect. I could not take any chances that my OpenOffice .doc file would look any different to my CIO.

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Don Walters · Post by **Don Walters** » 19 Nov 2003 7:56 pm

my advice is to use Netscape instead of IE.

Netscape as such is no more, but if you'd like the latest browser based on the last technology from Netscape (the "Gecko" engine) try Mozilla. I use it exclusively ... I especially love "tabbed browsing"
[This message was edited by Don Walters on 19 November 2003 at 07:57 PM.]