It's both funny and sad. The responses to that zdnet article have degenerated into age discriminatory remarks, and both ethnic slur and bravado.
Tom C. On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > When the author writes: "Windows 8, on second thought, it really is > just as bad as it was when I first saw it."... Well, that's what > really scares me. > > Most company's have the common sense and foresight to at least make > the VERY FIRST THING you see about their product visually appealing > and enticing, so that you'll want to see more. If there's crap under > the hood, the customer may not learn that until after purchase. That > was Vista. > > With Windows 8 Microsoft appears to have cut to the chase and shows > you crap right up front. > > I work with other developers from time to time that create GUI's that > are visually messy, illogically asymmetric, have misaligned columns, > and misspellings. It doesn't get any better when you get in the code > or attempt to use it. > > Tom C. > > > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> >>> >>> It gets worse though: >>> >>> http://www.zdnet.com/what-not-to-buy-on-black-friday-windows-8-pcs-and-laptops-7000007557/ >>> >>> I'd stay with Win7 as long as you can. >> >> Wow! That's exactly the kind of idiocy I'm afraid of. >> >> New Coke. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
