At 12:36 2015-06-17, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Dan Covill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gene,
>
> Think of it as a list of sources rather than items. A 'complete'
list of changes for an OS is highly unlikely.
And maybe, that was part of my point. How to know what
Microsoft (or other company) has broken with the latest changes?
Also, note the Google suggested, "About 647,000,000 results (0.63 seconds) "
It's a tough problem to crack. I deliver apps on multiple OSes,
running in multiple browsers, hosted on sites with different OSes,
running different web servers, database versions and server-side
languages. It's tough to keep up.
You don't want to complain about the rate of change, because in
general changes tend towards the good, although some developers view
of good is a bit skewed from mine. But the challenge of keeping a
Yes, I do want to complain! I dislike churn. All too many
changes are change for change's sake and do not add much, if
anything. Make sure that changes actually provide something of use
and quit breaking older stuff.
complex app up and running when ALL of the pieces from the OS to the
browser are in motion is an under-appreciated one, imo.
Very much so.
If a vital piece of software is broken by a change, it will be
very nasty. Even if the software is not vital, the time to regroup
may not be readily available.
It is this breakage problem why I am generally not very eager
to change. (You can call it upgrading, but isn't that making an
unwarranted assumption?) If I have a working installation, I would
like to keep it that way. (This appears to be a surprise to
some.) If I do not have a need for the new features, I am probably
better off continuing with what works. If I do need the new
features, then there is some payoff for changing; this does not
happen nearly as often as the computer industry thinks is the case.
I have pretty much completed my adjustments to running with
Windows 7. I still prefer Windows XP. I could have done without a
lot of the changes to things that had worked great for years. I
would have been quite happy to continue with Windows XP.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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