Comments on: I hate you, Microsoft! http://justindow.com/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/ Another day in the life of… well, me! Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:17:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: jabba http://justindow.com/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-154 jabba Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:35:30 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/#comment-154 Well you are right. I can't image them having any kind of reliable network infrastructure if they only used Windows servers. I am sure they use Unix-based servers for many things. My comment was more a hope and a dream that they use their own software. It would force them to fix some stuff, if you ask me. Well you are right. I can’t image them having any kind of reliable network infrastructure if they only used Windows servers. I am sure they use Unix-based servers for many things. My comment was more a hope and a dream that they use their own software. It would force them to fix some stuff, if you ask me.

]]> By: Daniel http://justindow.com/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Daniel Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:58:02 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/#comment-153 Actually, your comment about Microsoft using their own software? I'm not sure that's entirely true. I have heard a lot about how a lot of their back office stuff is managed on Unix servers... that was a while ago and maybe that has changed since then, but I don't know. I do know that Hotmail ran flawlessly from Unix boxes and when Microsoft bought it, they tried to port to Microsoft servers and it failed miserably. Not sure if the backend of hotmail is *nix or not now, but for a while there, they were windows front end and *nix backend. I can't imagine too much of this practice has changed. And for another, they don't put windows boxes out on the net without a firewall... which is a computer running an OS other than windows. If it's Cisco, it's still a computer. If it's something else... it may even be *nix variant. Actually, your comment about Microsoft using their own software? I’m not sure that’s entirely true. I have heard a lot about how a lot of their back office stuff is managed on Unix servers… that was a while ago and maybe that has changed since then, but I don’t know. I do know that Hotmail ran flawlessly from Unix boxes and when Microsoft bought it, they tried to port to Microsoft servers and it failed miserably. Not sure if the backend of hotmail is *nix or not now, but for a while there, they were windows front end and *nix backend.

I can’t imagine too much of this practice has changed. And for another, they don’t put windows boxes out on the net without a firewall… which is a computer running an OS other than windows. If it’s Cisco, it’s still a computer. If it’s something else… it may even be *nix variant.

]]> By: Jabba Rants » Blog Archive » IT Rule #1: Don’t install beta software on production boxes… http://justindow.com/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Jabba Rants » Blog Archive » IT Rule #1: Don’t install beta software on production boxes… Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:44:25 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/#comment-152 [...] Next time Microsoft releases beta software for public testing, it would be nice if it would gracefully let you know when it expires and maybe even give an option to install the latest and greatest.  The whole “Application failed to initialize…” evil error message on January 1st doesn’t make my job as an IT Desktop Support guy very fun when it happens to 400 clients at once.  I stand by my previous hatred for Microsoft on this one. [...] [...] Next time Microsoft releases beta software for public testing, it would be nice if it would gracefully let you know when it expires and maybe even give an option to install the latest and greatest.  The whole “Application failed to initialize…” evil error message on January 1st doesn’t make my job as an IT Desktop Support guy very fun when it happens to 400 clients at once.  I stand by my previous hatred for Microsoft on this one. [...]

]]> By: Jabba http://justindow.com/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Jabba Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:23:16 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/#comment-151 Well this is true. And the point was that that WAS my backup. All I needed it to do was act as the only copy of my info for a few hours. Well this is true. And the point was that that WAS my backup. All I needed it to do was act as the only copy of my info for a few hours.

]]> By: fadda mon http://justindow.com/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-150 fadda mon Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:31:30 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/#comment-150 It is also a lesson on backups :-( Backups for a phone number list can be very critical. I keep mine in an extra file on another computer (too) and that is backed up at least twice somewhere else. (Yup - it is a pain to maintain - and no, I do not trust any of the bluetooth synchronization tools - I want to know that my phone list is up to date - if I do have to duplicate the work.) Poor Jabba. It is also a lesson on backups :-( Backups for a phone number list can be very critical. I keep mine in an extra file on another computer (too) and that is backed up at least twice somewhere else. (Yup – it is a pain to maintain – and no, I do not trust any of the bluetooth synchronization tools – I want to know that my phone list is up to date – if I do have to duplicate the work.) Poor Jabba.

]]> By: Fred http://justindow.com/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Fred Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:57:02 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/12/14/i-hate-you-microsoft/#comment-149 I am sure that was its way to punish you for cheating on it with a younger, more beautiful LG phone. I am sure that was its way to punish you for cheating on it with a younger, more beautiful LG phone.

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