[ale] OT Re: [ale] Microsoft now favors fair competition

[Jeff Hubbs]

Last place I worked, I requested a Cybex KVM switch for a new server
rack; "Batman and Robin" bought me a Belkin instead.  The machines - a
mixture of Compaq Deskpros and Dell Poweredges - wouldn't all boot up
properly when they weren't selected.  I told the Dynamic Duo to get my a
frickin' Cybex.  They sent me a Belkin; same issues.  I sent it back to
the Caped Crusaders and FINALLY they sent me the Cybex I'd originally
asked for.  No issues and no problems.  

Some years prior after I had bought a Cybex at work, I found I had a
problem with an IBM PS/2 Model 80 and the keyboard.  Cybex sent me an
adapter box (at no cost) that corrected an issue with original PS/2s and
I was in business.  

- Jeff

On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 11:03, Geoffrey wrote:
> Charles Shapiro wrote:
> > Oh now.  I hate to jump into this, but Microsoft Press has published
> > some fine books on the practice of programming. I recommend Steve
> > Maguire's _Writing_Solid_Code_ (ISBN: 1556155514) and
> > Steve McConnell's _Code_Complete_ (ISBN: 1556154844) to anyone who
> > writes code for others to use. They're both filled with real-world
> > advice which really works, and they're inspiring to boot. They're also
> > platform-neutral, although they're biased heavily toward C and C++. This
> > is a product of the time they were written, rather than any particular
> > evil Corporate Conspiracy.
> 
> One, I will not buy any Microsoft products when I can find a substitute. 
>   So far, I'm doing pretty good.  I don't even look at anything 
> published by them.  I'm sure there are other books that address the same 
> issues these do, that don't put more money into fueling the monopoly.
> 
> I've actually read portions of Code Complete from a work library, and to 
> be honest, it's pretty full of common sense, which many programmers seem 
> to lack, but hardly the only place to find such jewels...
> 
> > 
> > -- CHS (Linux zealot)
> 
> If you are, then before every purchase you should ask yourself a couple 
> of questions:
> 
> 1. Can I do without it?
> 2. Is there a (non-microsoft) substitute?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> 
> 
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