"Lawrence D'Oliveiro" <ldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In message <9CbQg.26934$bf5.11936@edtnps90>, Oliver Wong wrote:
"Peter KÃhlmann" <peter.koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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user-mode driver framework - > in other words, MS has made sure *again*
that
new drivers have to be written. Apart from that, this is something linux
already has
new user interface -> You've got to be kidding. Linux is *now* already
way ahead of that. This is exactly the lipstick on a pig MS does
IPv6 -> Excuse me while I giggle. Linux has this since several *years*
Symbolic link support -> Linux has this from the very start. Talk about
some
severe delays here
NET 3.0 -> who in his right mind would want another lock-in?
And yada yada yada
Okay, but when did I say these were new features? You're "moving the
goalpost". You said none of the features were *INTERESTING*, you didn't
say none of the features were *NEW*.
Those features would be "interesting" in the sense that having hot and
cold
running water would be "interesting". It's not "interesting", it's
something you take for granted in a modern house.
Microsoft announcing that it's going to add those features to an up and
coming version of Windows is like the Republic of Outer Slobbovia
announcing that, starting sometime soon, as soon as they figure out how,
all new homes will be built with hot and cold running water as standard.
It
engages your mind for just long enough to frame the thought "thank
goodness
I don't live there", before you move on to thinking about something more
important.
You've got a valid point, but if you look a bit further back in the
context of the thread, Kohlmann claimed there were no "interesting" features
in response to me accusing Roy of lying. Roy's exact claim was that there
are "no compelling reason for an upgrade (unless you like newer icon sets)."
I infered that he meant upgrading from XP to Vista (as I doubt Roy would
call a transition from Linux to Vista an "upgrade"), so I called him on that
claim, saying there are actually a LOT of features in Vista that were not
present in XP. Kohlman then said none of those features were "interesting".
Well, they're VERY interesting to an XP user, just like having running
hot and cold water is very interesting to a citizen of Outer Slobbovia. So
if you want to continue with your analogy, Roy is saying "there is no
compelling reason to upgrade from an old-style Slobbovia home to a new-style
Slobbovia home, unless you like newer wallpaper", and I'm replying
"Actually, there is: Running hot and cold water." To which Kohlmann replies
"That's not an interesting feature".
So if Kohlmann and Roy are correct, then citizens of Slobbovia should
NOT upgrade their homes. If I am correct, the citizens SHOULD upgrade their
homes if they can afford it. Actually, a more ideal solution would be to
emigrate out of Slobbovia to a first world country, but this is not feasible
for all the citizens of Slobbovia. There are some things the Slobbovians
simply don't wish to leave behind. Some of them are too entrenched with the
Slobbovian way of thinking to make it very far in any other country. And
some citizens actually have patriotic love for their home country, and do
not wish to emigrate.
Okay, so those who emigrate to the land of the free might have a better
quality of life. Fine. But what about those who stay (whether by choice, or
due to the circumstances)? Do you think they would REALLY be better off by
sticking with their old style houses? Or do you think there might actually
be a "compelling reason for an upgrade"?
- Oliver
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