Langa List

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Spacey said:
I was reading a July issue of Langa List here:
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-07-03.htm

He talks about partition managers and drive imagers but never mentions
Ranish Partition Manager! Has this guy been bought?
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Maybe he had simply not heard of it?

There is so much software out there that complaining because _one_
newsletter does not mention a particular favourite is stupid, childish,
and counter-productive.

Did you at least have the sense to send Mr. Langa a short message
pointing out the existence of Ranish Partition Manager?

BTW - I don't like Ranish Partition Manager, it just doesn't feel
good/safe to me.

Cheers,
Gary B-)
 
The discussion there is mostly about drive imaging (and the problems with
DriveImage 7). Ranish does not seem to do this, does it?
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Discusses the shortcomings of Partition Magic and DriveImage, both, then
offers alternatives.
 
Spacey noted...
I was reading a July issue of Langa List here:
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-07-03.htm

He talks about partition managers and drive imagers but never mentions
Ranish Partition Manager! Has this guy been bought?

Spacey, maybe you should do more reading. I'm sure many acf folk read the
LangaList (there is both a Free and a Plus version) and I highly doubt
anyone here would say he's 'bought'. Subscribe yourself and find out.
Maybe even OT here as the 'list' isn't a program or software.

Stoney
 
Maybe he had simply not heard of it?

There is so much software out there that complaining because _one_
newsletter does not mention a particular favourite is stupid, childish,
and counter-productive.

Did you at least have the sense to send Mr. Langa a short message
pointing out the existence of Ranish Partition Manager?

BTW - I don't like Ranish Partition Manager, it just doesn't feel
good/safe to me.

Cheers,
Gary B-)
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Maybe it slipped his mind, after mentioning it 3 years ago in two
separate newsletters...
 
Spacey noted...
I was reading a July issue of Langa List here:
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-07-03.htm

He talks about partition managers and drive imagers but never mentions
Ranish Partition Manager! Has this guy been bought?

Spacey, maybe you should do more reading. I'm sure many acf folk read the
LangaList (there is both a Free and a Plus version) and I highly doubt
anyone here would say he's 'bought'. Subscribe yourself and find out.
Maybe even OT here as the 'list' isn't a program or software.

Stoney
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Ok, I shouldn't have been quick with the tongue, but I did see a chance
to:
-promote freeware
-find out if ACF'ers thought Langa a reliable source
So I'm half O-T
 
Spacey said:
Ok, I shouldn't have been quick with the tongue, but I did see a chance
to:
-promote freeware
-find out if ACF'ers thought Langa a reliable source
So I'm half O-T
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His free newsletter is less than it used to be due to his pay version,
but he always is a wealth of valuable (IMO) computer information.

Mike Sa
 
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His free newsletter is less than it used to be due to his pay version,
but he always is a wealth of valuable (IMO) computer information.

Mike Sa
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thx :)

Spacey
 
Discusses the shortcomings of Partition Magic and DriveImage, both,
then offers alternatives.
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No need to obfuscate. Partition Magic is mentioned only three times,
each time in a quote from an earlier column or letter from a reader. His
headings:

2) Drive Imaging
3) PQ's Drive Image, Old And New
4) DI7 Problems
5) A Welcome Alternative To DI
6) Bootit NG's Best Points
7) Bootit NG's Weaknesses
8) Another Alternative: Acronis

His interest is drive/partition imaging here, and it so happens that the
program he's plugging also includes a partition manager.

As for Langa's reliability--he knows what he's talking about, but he's an
individual with his own tics and prejudices. For example he always plugs
Winzip, which seems unconscionable given the wealth of free alternatives.
But he's someone for whom the line between maintaining a pc and using it
has dissolved, so he has not particular attraction to freeware--software
utilties fascinate him, so he doesn't mind paying for something that
makes him happy. But when he pans a program (e.g. Norton Personal
Firewall), it's probably a good sign that it's not worth using.
 
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Partition Magic is mentioned only three times,
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6 times adding "partitionmagic", his main complaint with the two being
the new DI

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As for Langa's reliability--he knows what he's talking about, but he's an
individual with his own tics and prejudices. For example he always plugs
Winzip, which seems unconscionable given the wealth of free alternatives.
But he's someone for whom the line between maintaining a pc and using it
has dissolved, so he has not particular attraction to freeware--software
utilties fascinate him, so he doesn't mind paying for something that
makes him happy. But when he pans a program (e.g. Norton Personal
Firewall), it's probably a good sign that it's not worth using.
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Thanx
 
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