Amazing... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:31:23 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft's Not-So-Secret Plan to Cripple Windows XP
Yep there are a lot of Tercels that are still running here. Same thing with the Toyota Echo. It gets 45mpg and they took it off of the market after 4 years. During the gas crisis they were selling for $10k used. On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Yep, that's a very common scenario for new OS's. Microsoft is just ticked that they did their jobs too well with XP. Heck, there are lots of companies still coding for XP. Years ago, Toyota had a car that lasted for freakin' ever. I believe it was the Tercell line? I just know that everyone who owned one sang its praises for reliability and long life. The car actually did so well that in time Toyota changed the car so that newer versions weren't quite as long lasting. The urban myth is they did this specifically because they wanted customers to buy a new car at some point ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" < ravena...@yahoo.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:53:05 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft's Not-So-Secret Plan to Cripple Windows XP When my very reliable Sony Vaio with Windows XP was stolen I replaced it with a very reliable Sony Vaio with Windows 7. One of the consequences of upgrading to a new operating system is that my old palm pilot software won't work with the new windows 7 operating system and Palm, unlike every other software manufacturer I deal with, does not offer a patch for Windows 7. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > > I hear you. I have two laptops, both running XP. I don't want to spend the > money now to replace them just to get Windows 7. They're an IBM T41 and T42, > and run XP great, but would drag a bit with 7. > I have a desktop running 7, but I loaded VMWare to it, and then loaded a XP > into that VMWare session. Why? So I can do test and support for the many > cases where XP is still dominant. Most non-IT people I know with home PCs > have told me repeatedly they're happy with XP, and won't get a new OS until > they have to buy a new machine. > As for Apple, it truly is a different experience. Ducats prevent me from > going that route, but I am looking forward to it... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5:41:49 PM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Microsoft's Not-So-Secret Plan to Cripple Windows > XP > > > > > > > I've been happy with XP ever since it first came out. The only reason I'm > looking to Apple is because of the considerable charms invoked by lady > friends of mine who have Macs. > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@... > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I agree. It cosst a *lot* of time and money to move to a new OS. On the > corporate side, you can be talking hundreds or thousands of computers, > requiring major rollout/upgrade projects. I know 'cause I spent ten years > doing it for my last permanent job, from NT 4.0 and OS/2 to Win2003 and XP. > There's a lot of software testing that must take place in the corporate world > to ensure that critical software functions on new OS's. There's often a major > expense in upgrading hardware to accommodate the new OS' greater needs for > RAM, CPU power, and hard drive space. For the home user, there's the money to > buy a new OS, the always scary prospect of upgrading a machine's OS > --somethign I never do, preferring a wipe/new install--and the time and > effort needed to learn about using and troubleshooting a new OS at home. And > again, if the home user has a PC that's as relatively young as five years > old, it may be fine for the old OS, but must be upgraded or replaced to give > the most robust experience on the new OS. > I've been in IT for over a decade, and learning this stuff is what I have to > do, but I admit even my eyes glaze over and my head throbs sometimes at > trying to learn the intricacies of a new OS. There are people who'd be > perfectly happy using XP five years from now. I say let 'em, 'cause at least > they're still sticking with Microsoft instead of bolting to Apple or Linux. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adrianne Brennan" < adrianne.bren...@... > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 3:48:16 PM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Microsoft's Not-So-Secret Plan to Cripple Windows > XP > > > > > > > Then they need to stop putting out computers with it. I bought my netbook > from Verizon last fall and it has XP on it. > > > They have to realize that if they have a large customer base that uses it, > they MUST support it. Period. Or give us a better alternative. > > > ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ > http://www.adriannebrennan.com > Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon > Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath > The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html > > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@... > wrote: > > > > > > > No, it's B.S. I've spent the last week fixing a lady's PC that was lousy with > infections, so bad they'd turned off Windows Firewall. I had to roll it back > from SP3 to SP2, then re-install SP3. I was amazed at how sparse and hard to > find the SP2 resources were on Microsoft's site. Also, while XP data abounds > at their site, there were obvious links all over the place trying to direct > one to Windows 7. I have Windows 7 on the PC I'm using now, and it's great. > But XP is the best OS they put out since Windows 2000--better, even--and I > see no reason to push people toward it. For those of us who have to watch our > money, for people for whom an upgrade to Windows 7 represents a real > financial struggle, XP is a godsend. I find it appalling at what they're > trying to do here. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" < martinbaxt...@... > > To: "SciFiNoir2" < scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 2:58:45 PM > Subject: [scifinoir2] Microsoft's Not-So-Secret Plan to Cripple Windows XP > > > > > > > Microsoft isn't particularly pleased about the continuing success of Windows > XP, which has more than twice the installed base of Windows Vista and 7 put > together. So it's trying its hardest to kill the operating system that won't > die, including refusing to issue security patches for XP SP2, putting many XP > users at risk. Is that the right way to get people to upgrade? > > More at: > http://www.pcworld.com/article/202612/microsofts_notsosecret_plan_to_cripple_windows_xp.html?tk=nl_wbx_h_crawl1 > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
