beta2 of "Day Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another strawman Bob. I aint talking about the operating system, > which may very well have lots of info on my drive. Given how long > it takes to find any, I daresay it must be lot.
Hey, I've been called strawman by the tinman! The program should at least parse some of the many, many links fed to it on this list. It keeps taking the "it must be there but I can't be bothered to find it" stance on documentation. This is only believable for a few messages, and at this point, it's more than repetitive. > No, I am talking about the apps. In this case Netscape, but no > doubt others have figured this out as well. The app is free, not > crippleware, no beg screens for registration. But the app folks > have figured out that where they can get their money is from the > advertising and user data base. So, they keep the help screens on > their websites, and you pay for that with cookies and other kinds > of unseen costs like more spam. The program's knowledge store should at least include references to more than ONE app out of the THOUSANDS that are available. Any fool can find a wealth of information on Linux APPS without encountering a web form. And even a child would have realized that using a non-open source, commercially-oriented app is his/her own choice. If the publishers are for-profit, surprise surprise, they're after revenue. Again, the program's inability to parse additional information links is limiting its credibility. > The beg screens of dos shareware were never nearly the problem. Well, might as well veer off the road completely I guess. What fool would argue that nag screens and crippleware less intrusive than free, open source? A complete lack of printed documentation better than online versions? The program is interesting, but increasingly tedious. I have to wonder if it's been done in Windows rather than *nix, as the author seems to have only a limited knowledge of current developments. Could it be that the program is actually written in Visual Basic? Frequent crashes would explain its inability to retain state between postings. It must (figuratively) waken every morning, thinking everything is new again. Refreshing if it weren't so predictable. - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
