[ale] M$ does at least ONE thing right

[cfowler]

Two things come to mind that are great products from MS:

1)  Flight Simulator 2002
2) Xbox

Thats about it :)

On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 19:19, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:37:51 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> >I'll give M$ credit when they deserve it, I've yet to see they do. 
> 
> 
> Every once in a while M$ does something right. It's rare, but
> it does happen. <grin>
> DISCLAIMER: I have been trying to live without M$ for more than
> 10 years now, first with OS/2 and now with Linux. M$'s new EULAs
> will keep me away.
> 
> Something right:
> 
> system: pre-installed Win2K Pro version.
> 
> Problem: get it to find, recognize and install drivers for an HP 3C
> scanner.  This scanner is so old it came with a proprietary ISA bus
> SCSI card.  New computer doesn't _have_ an ISA slot.  So first I
> had to purchase and install an Adaptec SCSI card.  Windows found
> the SCSI card and loaded the proper driver the first time the
> OS was booted. Painless.  But it couldn't identify the scanner. So
> I ran the proper daemon and told it to look for that specific scanner
> on the SCSI bus. Bingo. Win2k identified the scanner and immediately
> loaded the proper driver for it. Which is a good thing because HP
> hasn't supported this scanner for at least five years now and does
> not provide a Win2k driver. Total elapsed time: 3 minutes. Works
> fine. Fully integrated with Photoshop (the only reason this box is
> still dual-booted).
> Getting the Linux OS to find, recognize and install drivers for this
> antique was _not_ so easy. It took hours to locate and install the
> proper software.
> 
> Conclusion: every once in a while, mostly by accident and dumb luck,
> M$ manages to do something right.  But I'll never go back.
> 
> 
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> 
> 
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