Comments on: Reader’s Post: 3 Stories on Advising Against Using IE http://techrights.org/2010/01/19/criticisms-msie-coverage/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/01/19/criticisms-msie-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-78449 Roy Schestowitz Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:05:12 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=25595#comment-78449 Sometimes it won't even reboot, especially after Patch Tuesday. Sometimes it won’t even reboot, especially after Patch Tuesday.

]]> By: NotZed http://techrights.org/2010/01/19/criticisms-msie-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-78448 NotZed Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:02:32 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=25595#comment-78448 "Microsoft-oriented administrators are notorious for just rebooting and never actually diagnosing issues, which means that the issues will recur." Well what other option do they have most of the time? Everything is hidden behind those ugly inconsistent GUI's, plus the software is proprietary - they're not even 'allowed' to look deeper, the tools provided are bullshit, and windows is a pile of shit that will become unstable anyway. There's a reason that a reboot `fixes' the majority if issues. “Microsoft-oriented administrators are notorious for just rebooting and never actually diagnosing issues, which means that the issues will recur.”

Well what other option do they have most of the time? Everything is hidden behind those ugly inconsistent GUI’s, plus the software is proprietary – they’re not even ‘allowed’ to look deeper, the tools provided are bullshit, and windows is a pile of shit that will become unstable anyway. There’s a reason that a reboot `fixes’ the majority if issues.

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2010/01/19/criticisms-msie-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-78444 Needs Sunlight Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:43:23 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=25595#comment-78444 It was like this in the 1990's, too. We know now that it is not a technical problem but a people problem that needs to be addressed to make Microsoft go away. It was like this in the 1990′s, too. We know now that it is not a technical problem but a people problem that needs to be addressed to make Microsoft go away.

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