Is it too late to start hating Microsoft/Windows products?
 

Just curious.

I've had some recent friction with them lately and NOW that I've finally had enough of the MFers I dont always hear the maoning and sharpening of knives for them as I have in the past.

Is it too late to truly hate these people and Windows?


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Never too late!

It's not their products that's the problem. It's their demand that they be paid for them. Recently, they have made it a huge pain in the ass to update your machine.

I'm upgrading my MCSE to 2003 and when I'm done with it, I'm done with Microsoft. I'll be going for my CCIE (aka the Holy Grail of computer industry certifications)

Yes, this is kinda the problem I'm having. There's no problem at this moment but I had the machine that I bought about 6 months ago die and the OS recovery disk was used to bring it back. I put the product key in from the CD which was made for this specific computer and the online "verification" wouldnt accept it.

After some fuck-around I got everything back running but the program wouldnt run until I called MacroShaft(in the ass)directly (in India) to get some double secret code to enter into the machine.

The big deal is that I only have a cellphone for emergencies with very limited time. As it turned out I had 1 minute of call time left to complete this new "verification".

I dont even want to think about what in this room I would have broken with the fantasy that it was Mr Shafts head, if the time had run out and I couldnt use this machine.

Which just gets me to thinking. Why is it that I have to go through all this horseshit anyway?

Maybe it's time I start looking at some alternatives (so that I dont have a fucking stroke the next time Mr Shaft thinks I might be stealing his unstable and unsecure OS ). It'd be nice to just tell those nice folks on the phone to eat my shee--it next time.

Great, now even the polar opposite HM has the same opinion as I do! :biggrin:

What next? Radar agre---....oh...never mind.

Linux is very solid for desktop use as long as you're willing to read the manual and a large number of options doesn't bug you. If you have the cash money OS X is very slick -- I can't wait for it to come to x86!

[quote=slang...I put the product key in from the CD which was made for this specific computer and the online "verification" wouldnt accept it.

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This worked this morning when I checked.

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Microsoft "Genuine Advantage" cracked in 24h: window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all'
AV sez, "This week, Microsoft started requiring users to verifiy their serial number before using Windows Update. This effort to force users to either buy XP or tell them where you got the illegal copy is called 'Genuine Advantage.' It was cracked within 24 hours."

Before pressing 'Custom' or 'Express' buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter:

javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')

It turns off the trigger for the key check.

Doesn't help if you've activated too many times...you HAVE to call them or you Windows will lock you out.

Just remember, an Apple iMac will cost a lot more to replace when you boot it down the steps.

Is it too late?

Maybe so.

All I can say is, back in the 90s when the geeks were screaming bloody murder about Microsoft, a lot of it was poo-pooed by the business establishment as reactionary whining from crybabies who were jealous of Bill Gates' financial success and superior products. That's not without a grain of truth, but it ignores the fact that there were substantive issues involved too.

Ignoring substantive issues is SOP for gigantic corporations flush with other people's money. Hopefully, such blatant disregard for your customer base is the first step to failure.

If I'm going to have to re-fuck around every so often with this windows XP (that is totally legal) then I am going to start gearing up with Linux on my backup machine now.

It's not bothersome that MacroShaft is such a big company or that it has such influence or so much money. It's the fact that I have use the god damned phone to reactivate this BS.

Now THAT really fucking pisses me off.

Yes, I know...thank you.

There is an OSS project called Haiku which is working to recreate BeOS. It is getting well along and there is the final (free) release of BeOS to work from in the mean time. It is much more pleasant to use than Linux for a single user, non-server, machine. Worth looking at.

Beta 4 of SymphonyOS is out, based on the Linux kernel. Supposedly it is the interface layer of GNU/Linux done right. I can't wait to give it a try.

I personally have had lesser problems with my client's machines after I loaded WinXP then when they were all running Win98 and even Win2grand. My servers have got 2003 on them and I've never been happier. All in all, I've been pretty satisfied with Microsoft lately.