[Ham-Computers] Frustration with MS

Mon May 31 20:24:24 EDT 2004

Gee Jim, thank you so very much for swearing and treating me as you did. You
have convinced me to leave managing all the QTH.NET lists, as I am not going to
be spoken to in the fashion that you have done. I am a volunteer and I do not
have to put up with it. You can manage the list Jim, I will make the
arrangements tomorrow and transfer it to you. I hope you enjoy it.	

Anyone is entitled to his/her opinion, but it is not nnecessary to express
oneself as you did.	

See you - 	

Duane Fischer, W8DBF	

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From: Jim Isbell <millenniumfalcon at cableone.net>
To: Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,  or
experimenting <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Frustration with MS
Date: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:07 PM

Wait just one dog gonned minute here!

Since this came in under the subject line I created, I assume that my 
comment that I was frustrated with MS is what set you off.  I didnt pick 
on Bill Gates.  I didnt even mention him.  But now that you mention it, 
he is the Great Satan.  So I will pick on him.  And later when you start 
bitching about this being off topic, I want you to remember that YOU, 
Duane Fischer, started the whole damned thing, not me.

No, we would not have what we have now if he had not been there.  We 
would be WAY AHEAD of where we are now.

He did NOT invent the home computer and he didnt even make the best 
software.  IBM bought his system over others probably because he made 
them a better offer and then with IBM MONEY forced a lesser system on 
us.  There were others better.  TRSDOS was a better OS than his MSDOS 
but with his mighty money source (IBM) he killed it before it could 
continue to grow into a better system.  His was much worse at the 
beginning so you cant compare todays software with TRSDOS and say, "see 
I told you so".  You have to look at the contemporary software and then 
you see that it was MONEY and IBM that drove the better systems out. 
 Without IBM Bill gates would have been an "also played."

Yes, I can fault him for being a less than honest and upright bussiness 
person.  ANYONE who would sell Millennium Edition OS to the public and 
not give back every cent when it was discovered to be a bugg filled 
piece of crap is Immoral.

Others whould have done a better job if IBM had not had the financial 
clout to kill them all.

Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:

>One thing all of us need to remember here. I get tired of people picking on Mr.
>Bill Gates. Good, bad or otherwise, remember - He made it possible for us to
>have home computers in many many ways. Had he not been there, what we have
today
>would very likely not exist.	
>	
>We can no more fault him than we can the Japanese for killing us off in the
>electronics market. After all, Bell Labs invented the transistor and we let the
>Japanese have it! We invented the VCR and let them have it. So what should we
>expect? We gave them the technology and they used it better than we did! We
have
>nobody to blame except ourselves. 	
>	
>Mr. Gates has done one heck of a lot of good things for the computer industry,
>keep that in mind. He saw a market, he filled it and he made a lot of money in
>doing so. Many others have done the same. Apple would have died had Bill Gates
>not created competition for them, which made Apple better and they survived. So
>whether you like Mr. Gates or not, get off his back. We have all benefited
>because of him, even if we do not want to admit it.	
>	
>Duane W8DBF 	
>  
>
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>From: Preston Graham <w4fda at pobox.com>
>To: Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,  or
>experimenting <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Frustration with MS
>Date: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:34 PM
>
>TAKE IT EASY COWBOY!!   WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT, AND IT'S SINKING.
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jim Isbell" <millenniumfalcon at cableone.net>
>To: "Mail List for Ham-Computers" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:47 PM
>Subject: [Ham-Computers] Frustration with MS
>
>
>  
>
>>I get so damned frustrated every time I try to change something in 
>>Windows.  It must be because those Indians that program it do not have 
>>the same logic process we use.  It is NOT intuitive to a westerner.
>>
>>I am using XP and I am trying to change the default program for viewing 
>>.DOC files.  It is now defaulting to "Easy Writer" and I want it to 
>>default to "Word For Windows" but try as I may I cannot find the screen 
>>that is used to designate which program takes which extension by 
>>default.  I know its there but I cant find it.
>>
>>Can anyone tell me why it isnt under "Settings", the obvious intuitive 
>>place to look for settings??
>>
>>Can anyone tell me where those indians hid it????
>>
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