So the same for Toshiba? Glad we agree. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Tom Piwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote:
> >And you were castigating Microsoft for shipping untested product. > >You can't have it both ways. You know that an engineering > >solution can look perfect on "paper" and can fail in the field. > > You seriously err... > > 1) Theirs did not look good on paper either. People who looked at the > code described the error as "obvious." > > 2) I was castigating Microsoft for not testing something that they were > selling as functional. That is very different from not bothering with a > universe of assertions that are clearly non-functional. > > 3) If I assert that you can leap off tall buildings and fly, would you > want me castigating you for not taking a flying leap? > > >Now we know more about those factors, but we didn't learn it > >without sacrifice. The next time around it WILL be better. > > Are you saying we should all take Obama's exhortation to sacrafice to > heart by going out to buy a Zune? > > >But there will still be things we didn't calculate. > > "The truth is out there" Etc. Etc. > > Is you next step to lecture us about the reality of UFOs? > > Maybe MS would be more successful with new products if they sacrificed a > chicken or two? > > Should MS replace Balmer with a Rastafarian? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
