[geeks] Re: Windows XP?

[Kurt Huhn]

Andrew Weiss <ajwdsp at cloud9.net> wrote:

> The icky is from the random errors and borkeness that pops up after 
> extended use (especially Java stuff), the fact that you have to 
> activate service packs, and the Fisher Price "You're a baby" Poop UI 
> (which can't be totally gotten rid of... )
> 

Wait wait wait - "you have to activate service packs"?  Seriously? 
I'm...confounded by this.  I'm beginning to see why large corporate entities
are making the move away from Windows.  Dang!

Yeah, I hate being treated like a kindergartener by my computer.  If I want
a cutesy UI with tutti-frutti color schemes, I'll...well, I don't want
that....

> Two reasons to like 2000
> 
> Non Stoneage DirectX support... so it runs everything as well as or 
> better than Win9X
> Robust network OS services (Active Directory (LDAP), MMC, and robust 
> tools now built-in rather than an afterthought (free remote admin via 
> Tservices))
> 

That was part of my reasoning as well.

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