Are Microsoft Products really screwed up? - Page 5

ash

oh man.. this debate has waivered a bit :P TCPA? Thats a new thing to me.. thanks for the heads up!

Um.. Microsoft products are user friendly. XP is running fine and dandy as long as its patched up. Me happy with their products

But I open sourced software rocks too!

M.Malik

Gosh, this is my first post on this website. All I want to add to this thread is that at least linux/shareware is giving Microsoft some serious competition on the desktops. Even if you already like Microsoft, the competition makes it improve its products. And if you don't, then you're probably using that shareware.

MaRo

Microsoft is the best software company ever

xheavenlyx

@M.Malik you have actually pointed out a very interesting thing

never thought of it this way.

And actually microsoft is awesome if we look at how useful it is for home use. I use it all the time, and Linux has other markets too, like Embedded systems, Real-time systems, Servers etc.

The place where I live, owned by one of the biggest gov property establishment Emaar in Dubai (Biggest cuz there are very few there) gives its TV suscribers Set-Top-Boxes (IPTV systems) which run on Linux embedded systems.Again I say Microsoft has its own place

M.Malik

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Originally Posted by xheavenlyx

@M.Malik

The place where I live, owned by one of the biggest gov property establishment Emaar in Dubai (Biggest cuz there are very few there) gives its TV suscribers Set-Top-Boxes (IPTV systems) which run on Linux embedded systems.Again I say Microsoft has its own place

ok, this is off topic. Xheavenlyx, are there many Indians in Dubai? If so, what parts of india do they seem to be from? [I once went to KL, malaysia, and the indians there mostly seem to be tamils.]

xheavenlyx

Umm, yea Biggie forgive us, just for this reply, if there is more then we will create a new thread on chit chat

Well, M.Malik, Dubai has a total pop of about 2 mil people, and this might sound surprising, only about 20% are local arabs there. Others are from Europe, Americas and East asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai#Demographics

In the indian community there are mostly:

Gujraties: Old businesses, and very rich.
Sindhies: Same as above but richer.
South Indians: Ranging from the biggest business owners which helped Dubai develop to the many awesome workers seen in every other niche!
North Indians: Etc etc... a lot of range too mostly normal working class.

kidakaka

You know what, arent we all digressing just a wee bit here

. To be completely fair and honest, about MS different products, heres what I think -

MSDos. Loved it till 6.22v. Win 3.1 was also good (hectic, but good). A complete copy but it worked.
Win98/Ce/Me/Nt - Cement. Thats where I would put those.
XP, 2k - Usable as OSes. Stuck with them for a good 4 years. But still inferior to other non-MS OSes
Vista - Bloated bugbear, wouldnt want to use it.
Office - I like this product . I cant live without this one. Very user friendly. Yes, this is an MBA talking. But the freeware versions dont compare to this one. Office 2007 is bloated, but I am using XP and 2003. Worth the 12k of investment. No kidding .
AoE series - The game. Its made by MS, and it rocks, amazing replay value.
Dungeon Siege series - A good mix up ripoff of all RPGs, a chic copy with no money movies.
IE - I refrain to call it a product. Its a bug. Period

I would say, not all MS products are screwed up

, you have to give it to them for taking an idea and really jazzing it up. Not to mention bundling other products.

xheavenlyx

Correction: In 90's 98 was way better in our old crappy machines.
And I agree 200% on other points!!

ash

I had used Windows 2000 SP4.. absolutely rock solid!

Regarding games.. Freelancer was a cool space sim

and.. dont forget HALO! Kick ass game.

My uni gave a subsidised copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Pro for around RM 4 (just about $1). Who can resist that?? I wonder how much they had to pay for the licences though (all have the same product keys). Works like a charm.. They offered Windows XP for the same price, but turns out it's just an upgrade CD.