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ChrisM
Disclaimer: This is just to get somthing off my chest. It is clearly marked
as somewhat off topic, and as a rant, so please don't bother flaming me if
you disagree. Just don't read it.
I'm quite happy to enter into rational discussion though...
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<Rant Mode>
Something that really winds me up in this group is what seems to be an
overruling attitude that 'Microsoft is great and can do no wrong, and anyone
that disagrees must be either stupid, or a troll'
I know that it is a MS newsgroup, and so that pretty much by definition, a
large proportion of the people here are MS fans, and probably already have
Vista installed and are happy with it.
HOWEVER, please understand that not everyone is in this position. I came to
this newsgroup because I was interested in Vista was considering upgrading
my computer, and wanted to hear some genuine feedback and advise on what the
new OS was like from people that knew. It was interesting to read the views
of some of the people who were talking about problems and concerns with
Vista. Now, I'm not stupid (or at least I like to think I'm not) and I'm not
going to take everything I read in a newsgroup as gospel. However, when I
read about some of these concerns, at least I can then go and research a
little more, find out if there is any truth in them, and then use that
information to help me make my decisions.
It is not really much use to someone in my position to just read posts that
say 'Vista is perfect and flawless, Microsoft is the greatest, and all other
operating systems are now redundant and useless, and anyone who thinks
otherwise is stupid'. Ok, that is a slight exageration - but only slight
though.
So a little request to all the raging MS fans in this group, if someone
posts a message suggesting that there may be a problem with Vista, and that
maybe isn't perfect (yet...) by all means, if you can prove them wrong, do
so, but please don't just abuse them and accuse them of being anti-microsoft
or a troll, maybe they could actually have a valid point, that might just be
useful to someone.
If you've got to here, thank you for reading
</Rant Mode>
as somewhat off topic, and as a rant, so please don't bother flaming me if
you disagree. Just don't read it.
I'm quite happy to enter into rational discussion though...
=========================
<Rant Mode>
Something that really winds me up in this group is what seems to be an
overruling attitude that 'Microsoft is great and can do no wrong, and anyone
that disagrees must be either stupid, or a troll'
I know that it is a MS newsgroup, and so that pretty much by definition, a
large proportion of the people here are MS fans, and probably already have
Vista installed and are happy with it.
HOWEVER, please understand that not everyone is in this position. I came to
this newsgroup because I was interested in Vista was considering upgrading
my computer, and wanted to hear some genuine feedback and advise on what the
new OS was like from people that knew. It was interesting to read the views
of some of the people who were talking about problems and concerns with
Vista. Now, I'm not stupid (or at least I like to think I'm not) and I'm not
going to take everything I read in a newsgroup as gospel. However, when I
read about some of these concerns, at least I can then go and research a
little more, find out if there is any truth in them, and then use that
information to help me make my decisions.
It is not really much use to someone in my position to just read posts that
say 'Vista is perfect and flawless, Microsoft is the greatest, and all other
operating systems are now redundant and useless, and anyone who thinks
otherwise is stupid'. Ok, that is a slight exageration - but only slight
though.
So a little request to all the raging MS fans in this group, if someone
posts a message suggesting that there may be a problem with Vista, and that
maybe isn't perfect (yet...) by all means, if you can prove them wrong, do
so, but please don't just abuse them and accuse them of being anti-microsoft
or a troll, maybe they could actually have a valid point, that might just be
useful to someone.
If you've got to here, thank you for reading

</Rant Mode>