Bye Vista, I won't miss ya!

Well today was the last straw. I mean, considering more work than I
consider reasonable I got most my hardware in a reasonable working state...

However the last straw was handed to me today.

First off, WHY THE FLYING RATS ASS **** does it take almost 5 minutes to
move a 2 gig file on the same drive??? Move! ***NOT COPY*** for the reading
impaired. There is a distinct difference. That's just incomprehensible. It
shouldn't take more than mere milliseconds regardless of file size if it's
on the same drives as a move doesn't actually require data to be moved. It
only requires the directory entry of the file to be moved.

But what really got me is this. This one project I work on, uses a
security dongle for anti piracy and to store user access data. This dongle
uses built in standard USB drivers. So they are NOT 3rd party vendor
drivers but they are Microsofts own drivers. They don't work correctly. I
can't live without the dongle though.

There are workarounds if you're just a user of the software that needs
the dongle, but I'm actually one of the developers and none of said
workarounds will work when executing from inside Visual Studio. And I
don't feel like spending 10 minutes working around Vista's problem
everytime I go to recompile the exe to test something.

So byebye Vista and welcome back XP.

Ya know, doesn't matter how much you polish a turd. In the end, it's still
a turd. And this one a quite stinky one at that.

--
Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6

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Yes, you are correct.
Microsoft announced they have shipped 60 million copies of this tur(d)key.
Microsoft has the power to cram Vista down the throats of the naive, which
is a major chunk of the computer using public, but I know of very few people
who are knowledgeable enough to make a choice who choose Vista. In fact I
can only think of people who have deleted Vista and gone back to XP or who
dual boot, but do not boot to Vista to do any real work.
The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista: it
offers nothing over XP except aggravation and worse performance.

"The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista"
Really?
However there is some truth but the why is the real question.
Most in those groups are choosing to wait, a few of the many reasons
are:
1. They will purchase when the need for new hardware arises.
2. They need to fully evaluate the suitability with their essential
hardware and software.
3. Some of their current essential hardware and software is
incompatible with Windows Vista.

Or are you saying the federal government has not purchased ANY
computers with Windows Vista?
If the federal government would"absolutely reject" Windows Vista, that
would be the case.
I would like to see the source for this information.

This is a similar situation that occurred nearly 6 years ago at the
release of Windows XP.

However there is at least one significant difference now.
6 years ago, many had Windows ME which more considered inferior to
most every OS.
Windows XP on the other hand is considered stable and secure by most.

The truth will be told as to whether those you referenced "reject
Vista" or are just appropriately waiting.

Most typical users have no need to upgrade to Windows Vista since
Windows XP will probably be supported for several more years.
They will probably get Windows Vista when they next need a new
computer.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"babaloo" <> wrote in message
news:3APri.1859$ ...
> Yes, you are correct.
> Microsoft announced they have shipped 60 million copies of this
> tur(d)key.
> Microsoft has the power to cram Vista down the throats of the naive,
> which is a major chunk of the computer using public, but I know of
> very few people who are knowledgeable enough to make a choice who
> choose Vista. In fact I can only think of people who have deleted
> Vista and gone back to XP or who dual boot, but do not boot to Vista
> to do any real work.
> The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista:
> it offers nothing over XP except aggravation and worse performance.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista"

Would that be the same federal government who allowed the 9/11
bombers to come and go at will, take flying lessons etc.,
in spite of them being on watch lists?

So babaloo - You going to migrate to Ubuntu? That would be your best bet.

Bye now.


"babaloo" <> wrote in message
news:3APri.1859$ ...
> Yes, you are correct.
> Microsoft announced they have shipped 60 million copies of this tur(d)key.
> Microsoft has the power to cram Vista down the throats of the naive, which
> is a major chunk of the computer using public, but I know of very few
> people who are knowledgeable enough to make a choice who choose Vista. In
> fact I can only think of people who have deleted Vista and gone back to XP
> or who dual boot, but do not boot to Vista to do any real work.
> The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista: it
> offers nothing over XP except aggravation and worse performance.
>

No - That is the shadow government ! Just FYI.


"Julian" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista"
>
> Would that be the same federal government who allowed the 9/11
> bombers to come and go at will, take flying lessons etc.,
> in spite of them being on watch lists?
>

I agree, Vista is becoming another Windows Me


"Lano DeRetard" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> So babaloo - You going to migrate to Ubuntu? That would be your best bet.
>
> Bye now.
>
>
> "babaloo" <> wrote in message
> news:3APri.1859$ ...
>> Yes, you are correct.
>> Microsoft announced they have shipped 60 million copies of this
>> tur(d)key.
>> Microsoft has the power to cram Vista down the throats of the naive,
>> which is a major chunk of the computer using public, but I know of very
>> few people who are knowledgeable enough to make a choice who choose
>> Vista. In fact I can only think of people who have deleted Vista and gone
>> back to XP or who dual boot, but do not boot to Vista to do any real
>> work.
>> The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista: it
>> offers nothing over XP except aggravation and worse performance.
>>
>
>

"Julian" wrote:

>
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > "The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista"
>
> Would that be the same federal government who allowed the 9/11
> bombers to come and go at will, take flying lessons etc.,
> in spite of them being on watch lists?

What the F does that have to do with Vista numnuts?
You're probably one of those crack pots that think the government blew up
the towers. I'm no fan of the current administrations and never have been but
your comments in relation to Vista was just STUPID.
>
>

"Clayton" wrote:

> I agree, Vista is becoming another Windows Me

you know I never had any problem with ME and really don't know why everyone
says it sucked.

Can't say the same for Vista though.
>
>
> "Lano DeRetard" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > So babaloo - You going to migrate to Ubuntu? That would be your best bet.
> >
> > Bye now.
> >
> >
> > "babaloo" <> wrote in message
> > news:3APri.1859$ ...
> >> Yes, you are correct.
> >> Microsoft announced they have shipped 60 million copies of this
> >> tur(d)key.
> >> Microsoft has the power to cram Vista down the throats of the naive,
> >> which is a major chunk of the computer using public, but I know of very
> >> few people who are knowledgeable enough to make a choice who choose
> >> Vista. In fact I can only think of people who have deleted Vista and gone
> >> back to XP or who dual boot, but do not boot to Vista to do any real
> >> work.
> >> The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista: it
> >> offers nothing over XP except aggravation and worse performance.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

"bp" <> wrote in message
news:86304692-9B50-4372-9838-...
>
>
> "Julian" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > "The federal government and most businesses absolutely reject Vista"
>>
>> Would that be the same federal government who allowed the 9/11
>> bombers to come and go at will, take flying lessons etc.,
>> in spite of them being on watch lists?
>
> What the F does that have to do with Vista numnuts?
> You're probably one of those crack pots that think the government blew up
> the towers. I'm no fan of the current administrations and never have been
> but
> your comments in relation to Vista was just STUPID.

Yes, dear.