Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 23:15:20 -0500

        Aww, Mark...

        Yes, Service Packs need to reapplied, because UNLIKE APPLE, MS
acknowledges that their software sometimes has problems... That's why they
tell you explicitly tell you to reapply a service pack... And if you
already have the file on your hard drive, it only takes about 2-3 minutes,
including running RDISK /s before and a reboot after.

        But more importantly, NT Service Packs need to be applied because of
brain-dead drivers supplied by IHV's... Gee, Diamond & Matrox come to mind...

        BTW, Grover Washington Jr. just passed away...

At 12:34 PM 12/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>C'mon Dan,
>
>You blow a fuse over this autostart issue that takes, what, 10 seconds, to
>fix, but just the other day you calmly instruct someone to re-apply Service
>Pack 5 to fix a problem they're having. This takes AT LEAST 30 minutes at
>best (with backing up first like you're supposed to), and at worst can
>cause a complete breakdown requiring reinitialization of the hard drive and
>reinstallation of the OS (we've all heard the horror stories).
>
>Why should this person have to re-apply service pack 5 if he already
>applied it once? HOW STUPID CAN MICROSOFT'S PROGRAMMERS BE? Haven't you
>heard of QUALITY CONTROL?!
>
>Your vitriol is inversely proportional to your credibility.
>
>Mark Knoll
>
>
>At 10:07 PM 12/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> Uhh, John...
>>
>> This was a bug, acknowledged by Apple; and fixed...
>>
>> And then they broke it AGAIN with QT4!
>>
>> I mean, come on! this is not a programming bug - This is sheer stupidity
>>that even a 5th grader can understand... The bug is a box checked by
>>default... You fix the bug by changing the default, unchecking the box...
>>
>> And then you put the bug back in by checking the box a year later!
>>
>> HOW STUPID CAN APPLE'S PROGRAMMERS BE?!

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