[ale] M$ does at least ONE thing right

[James P. Kinney III]

My wife has a M$ branded keyboard that is quite nice. My M$ wheel mouse
works very well. Both were made in Chine. Hmm.

On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 15:45, cfowler wrote:
> 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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