On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 Glenatacme_at_aol.com wrote:
>"Windows 9x makes your computer more reliable"
>"Windows 9x makes your computer easier to use"
>"DOS programs run faster and more reliable"
>"Windows 9x provides the features you want" (sure, Blue Screen of Death)
For one thing, this rant is wholly uncalled for while we're talking about
capacitors blowing up inside radios. You should really save more often,
then you won't get as angry when the system crashes :)
As it happens, these claims aren't objective, and there is no way to prove
them right or wrong. "DOS programs run faster and more reliably", for
example. Relative to what? Perhaps to a Windows 3.x DOS window, they do.
In fact, it could be said to be more reliable than in plain DOS, because a
dead DOS application in Windows doesn't always force a reboot. Lastly,
there is no reason to evaluate Windows on the basis of what it says while
running the setup program. There are objective ways of analyzing it, such
as system requirements, disk access time, etc.
Speakers, on the other hand, may be objectively evaluated by the amount of
watts that they consume. If they are purposely mis-labelled so as to
increase sales, the FTC can go after them.
--Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
http://scivault.hypermart.net: Ignorance is Impotence - Knowledge is Power
Received on Mon Jul 05 1999 - 20:36:06 BST