Re: [WinMac] Bleeding edge

thomas kase(thomas[at]accessio.com)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:07:15 -0500

I received an interesting response to my post today, thought some
of you might find it illuminating.

See below

Thomas Kase

PS
No, it wasn't from Dan S, see, Steve Jobs isn't mentioned once ;-)

======== response ===================

To <name removed>,

I'm well aware of the IT 'community's' attitude toward ease-of-use
platforms and I appreciate your honesty.,

Note that since I pick up the tab after people like you I think I have
a leg to stand on when I question the viability of NT solutions - esp.
when they claim to offer ease of use and greater functionality at a
lower cost than the competition.

Busy-work has never been very satisfying to me - how about trying
something more constructive for a change?

It might improve your digestion and night time sleep as well.

Thomas Kase

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:49:30 -0500 (EST)
<name withheld> wrote:

> And how do you think I earn my paycheck every week? If NT worked the way
> it's promised to I wouldn't have a job.
>
> Name Withheld
> name@address.com

> On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, thomas kase wrote:
> >
> > First of all, note that I am an NT user... ;-)
> >
> > Has anyone else noticed how the requirements to run NT in a
> > successful fashion seem to include:
> >
> > * incessant monitoring of the latest drivers
> > * installing optional GUI front-ends
> > * using alternate color management schemes
> > * hacking the Registry
> > * ... etc, ad nauseam ...
> >
> > not to mention the need to run it on esoteric hardware (i.e. Alpha)
> > as well as signing up for ultra-premium customer support services
> > >from one of the country's top two premier vendors of aforementioned
> > hardware.
> >
> > In short, for successful deployment of NT, the receipe seems to be to
> > do nothing short of rewriting and/or tweaking large parts of the OS as
> > well as adopting a hardware platform that the designer of NT never
> > intended the OS to work on, as well as to contract for far better support
> > than just about all users of NT have access to.
> >
> > Do I hear the words 'bleeding edge' and 'reality check' - the latter as in
> > the 'desperate need for a' context?
> >
> > FYI, the famed David Cutler actually has had very little part in the making
> > of the upcoming NT5. Maybe that's why the project isn't going anywhere.
> > In either case, Cutler's back again for NT6 - as far as I have heard. Maybe
> > by then the problems will be taken care of.
> >
> > At least with the release of NT6 SP4 surely.
> >
> > Thomas Kase
> >
> > US-Style.com Inc., 33 south main street, #7, south norwalk, ct 06854
> > phone: 203.866.4454 fax: 203.866.4546
> > email: thomas@accessio.com
> >
> > \\\\ the bridge to Japan (TM) \\\\

* Windows-MacOS Cooperation List *
* FAQ: <http://www.darryl.com/winmacfaq/> *
* Archives: <http://www.darryl.com/winmac/> *
* Subscribe: <mailto:winmac-on@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *
* Subscribe Digest: <mailto:winmac-digest@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *
* Unsubscribe: <mailto:winmac-off@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b2 on Thu Jan 14 1999 - 07:12:46 PST