I won't argue about the 3rd party stuff not working right, but what percentage of that is caused by the underlying architecture? Seriously, if windows had been designed from the start as a multi-user setup with proper sandboxing, how much of this could have been avoided?
Also, I've seen that MS has some of the most extensive documentation available. The MSDN is huge, but why do they have to change it so freakin often. How many types of data access stuff have they released, dao, ado, ado.net, ado.netv2, oledb, odbc, mdac,etc.) That kind of thing is going to make it harder on developers to create stable software too. On 6/16/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got to tell you... since I've been here at Microsoft, I've seen nothing > but problems with other software trying to run on Windows. MS puts out > terrific software that is heavily tested, and they give out APIs so that > others can write software that runs on Windows. I've seen tons of cases > where the customer calls in with a problem with IIS crashing, or their > application does something strange, and 9999 out of 10000 times it's not a > problem with Microsoft software. JRUN crashes, ColdFusion doesn't work > right, PHP is refuses to run... and then we not only try to fix the > problem, but we put out hotfixes for our software so theirs doesn't break. > Cases that aren't crashes are configuration issues - the customer doesn't > know how to use his machine and blames MS. If you don't know how to use it, > how is that our fault? > Say what you will about MS, but we're all lucky that there's one > predominate platform for computers or we'd be going crazy. You think > writing websites for multiple browsers is difficult? The OS is similar to a > road - it's got certain protocols that must be followed, many different > things running on it, and sometimes it's under construction, but at least > everybody can use it. > We pay the government for roads, somebody's got to get paid to write the > OS. > > - Matt > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russel Madere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:09 AM > Subject: Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era? > > > > So who is going to architect crappy software for us? Who is Ray Ozzie? > > > >>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html > >> > >> Bill Gates to step down from Microsoft > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209529 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
