Blogging Ottinger (tim)Windows again
Had to use windows again today. Probably will have to for a week or two.
I don’t know if I’d just put it out of my head, or maybe never really realized it before, but windows completely and totally stinks. It’s hard to use, uglier, and far less reliable than I expected.
Oh, and I had a big download (8 hours!!) to do, and I set it to go overnight. Somewhere in the middle of the night, Windows (!!!!!) pulled down a security update and decided for itself (!!!!!) that it was so important that it needed to reboot right away(!!!). As a result of having an operating system so stupid that someone has to tell it to keep running (think about that a minute!) I ended up having to start the download all over, and sit here stuck in windows (ick.. ptui) until it completes, just to make sure that it doesn’t decide to reboot on me… again.
Someone explain to me why on earth so many corporations insist on using it? It’s such a nightmare on so many levels. When I use windows, I start to miss CP/M… but only a little. I miss Linux and OS X a lot. This afternoon, I’m going back to Linux and will do anything I can to make sure that I can avoid windows in the future.
Why do you ask retorical questions?
Why not? — Tim
Comment by Walter Moore — 2006-October-28 @ 02:48