SJ Black wrote:
UM, I really must agree.
The only thing was to ask what percentage would you give M$ to be desktop ready. Splitting Operating System Stability and User Approved Application I give the following.
System 10% Application 90%
Personal opinion, or professional opinion?
I'd give about 2% for the system itself, maybe 60% for their apps. That's professionally. Personally, i don't think either is what you call "ready for prime time", but there's been enough marketing to convince people that prime time is moot when EVERYBODY'S DOIN' IT...
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Here's a real-life Windows NT scenario (nightmare) I just lived: Re-installed WinNT 4.0 on a machine with a crashed OS. The goal was to have NT 4.0 SP5 and IE5 running. After installation of the OS, I ran the IE5 Setup - it said service pack 3 must be installed. Fired up the IE that came with it (3.02?) and surfed to www.microsoft.com to get SP5, which gave me a "Permission Denied. You don't have permission to access that virtual directory." So much for getting SP5 from their web site. Forget downloading Netscape to get SP5 - IE3 won't download any files over 12MB. Catch 22! I downloaded Opera (it is fast!) and used it to grab SP5. Installed SP5, and went to install IE5. IE5 setup told me it could not uninstall once I began. I acknowledged. It got to 43% and gave me this message: "Setup cannot continue. OK HELP" I clicked on Help, and it said "You appear to have all of the files installed properly. Set up cannot install Internet Explorer. Please call Microsoft technical support. OK" And it was right - it could not be uninstalled. After every reboot, it tries to continue IE5 installation, and bombs out at 43%. I agree totally with this thread: Microsoft's OS is not ready for prime time. Like I prattled on before, in my office of 25 Windows users, only four could install the OS. -- --- George's View on Computer Security --- There are *only* two levels of security: a) Paranoid; and b) None. George Toft http://www.georgetoft.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/