Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run
Mark Knoll(mknoll[at]umich.edu)
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:14:05 -0500
Thanks for the reply, Dan.
You've made everything perfectly clear:
Apple software contains bugs. Microsoft software only has "problems."
The former are completely Apple's fault, the latter are only caused by
brain-dead 3rd party vendors.
Wow, talk about your reality distortion field...
At 11:15 PM 12/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
> 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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