[ale] Forbes trashes Micro$soft

[Edward Holcroft]

Grin. Very good. Mirrors exactly my frustration with it.


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:16 AM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>wrote:

> The language he used is completely appropriate and the whole video
> accurately describes the problem. I've spent 25 minutes with Windows 8
> and _zero_ desire to do so again. I recorded those 25 minutes. A
> perfect example of the failure that is Windows 8 starts about about 22
> minutes into my video [1]. I try to change my profile settings and
> then leave the settings dialog. Hilarity (frustration) ensues.
>
> [1] -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBkNqE85TIk#t=1310s
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE)
> <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
> > I can now comfortably say, NEVER HAVING USED WINDOWS 8 AT ALL, BASED
> SOLELY
> > ON HEARSAY, that I hate Windows 8, and solemnly plan NEVER to use it in
> its
> > current form as long as I have a choice.
> >
> > (I think it can support multiple windows in the Desktop "mode", contrary
> to
> > a quote in the video, but it's far from obvious.)
> >
> > That video was amazing, and mind boggling, and it NAILS it!  I do wish
> he'd
> > avoid the foul language, but he NAILS it.
>
>
>
> --
> James Sumners
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>
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> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>
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