Quote: "last time this popped up you said you and your brother was using the same account."
that must've been quite some time ago, because those with issues with me chased away both of my brothers. one got so pissed off with the reception he got at RGT he didn't touch programming at all for a while, then when I convinced him to try asking on here; again he got a similar kind of reception using my account, and no no longer programs at all. The other one had his own account on here, showed off some artwork he was proud of; only to have people here lay into him and while he still does artwork and is now dabbling in programming he had me teach him C++ with DirectX so he didn't have to deal with anyone here again.
So ya know, some of you I pretty much hate (like yourself) for how you've treated my family. So forgive me if this sort of comment doesn't sit well. ESPECIALLY given it was one of you jackass' fault getting me fired in the first place from Blizzard phoning up and posing as my father.
So quite frankly you can go **** yourself.
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IMHO Microsoft has damaged the personal computer market immensely.
Did you ever work with computers before Microsoft operating systems?
I doubt it, but if so which one?"
OSs that I used prior to Windows?
MS-DOS (with X-Tree), DR-DOS, Unix (BSD), AmigaOS (Workbench), MacOS, AcornOS (Arcimedies) and Solaris.
I used to use AmigaOS, and MacOS quite extensively. While no doubt because of this I find them the best when dealing with art development, until VERY recently (i.e. MacOSX, AmigaOS 4) they were both incredibly unstable. Far more so than Windows ever has been. As far as GUI Operating Systems go, Windows in my experience has always lead in stability terms. This for me has ment over the years using the alternatives less, because despite some performance increases pure cost, upgrability and stability to me are paramount.
As I said, until recently MacOS didn't offer much stability and as far as upgrability went options were limited and expensive.
The fact that Windows has the largest software base of alternatives, free or otherwise really lends itself. It also is the most useable to do daily tasks on, very simple and quick.
Windows Vista and Ubuntu are currently on this system, both latest builds. Vista out-performs Ubuntu by quite a margin just booting up, e-mailing and browsing the internet. When development using C++ comes in to play, compiling fairly identical applications is not only quicker (especially utilising my dual core processor properly) but also is much easier and more simple.
For my needs Linux quite frankly just isn't there just yet. Alright so it's made some impressive strides to catch up with Windows in terms of usability. It however isn't there yet, because rather than focusing on what makes something usable, they're focusing on what makes Windows usable.
I was once told by someone in this industry I respect a great deal, that the key to making some that appeals to lots of people is to make something you personally enjoy using daily. Not just applications but games as well. I think that's entirely true for Windows, because despite the company being full of developers .. they're not students. It's like when you have a car, if you have any engineer friends you'll find their cars are always in bits and look a mess; while they might be very well tuned engines, there's no comfort and it's always adapted specifically to their needs. If however you are in a manufacturer cars, then while it might not have the performance or any alterations that make it technically a better vehicle; they're comfortable and do the job they're intended to.
Linux started out as a minimum version of Unix. Created by a student for basically any need. The whole concept was "no frill, or spills". Great, but problem is people want it as another valid x86 OS to rival Windows; but those who work on it are still in that student mentality. When a company finally does take the Linux kernel and make something that can be used as an everyday OS; then fine, but the culture behind Linux just seems to be trying to prevent this. They want it to remain "Linux", and for people to like it for what it is.. unfortunately what we perceive as Linux is a collection of tools born out of necessity rather than usability.
People want to see a great everyday OS born from the *nix kernel, then look at MacOSX. There are features in that, which Microsoft have adapted for Vista because they were good ideas. Features that appear in Linux as well. There's nothing stopping a good Linux OS from appearing, not technically. Ubuntu is a good attempt, but it's still not close to Windows or MacOSX.
