[Info-vax] One wonders why people bet their companies on Microsoft based products...

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <3pKdnQFAu92jkUjXnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <ta2Bm.142582$Y83.59984 at newsfe21.iad>, "John Vottero" <John at MVPSI.COM> writes:
>>>> "BillPedersen" <pedersen at ccsscorp.com> wrote in message 
>>>> news:24aed94d-39ea-418a-8e57-33a04c440452 at s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> The current debacle of T-Mobile and Microsoft/Danger (what a name) and
>>>>> the loss of personal data on some 800,000 Sidekick PDAs is without a
>>>>> doubt another example of why people should only bet their businesses
>>>>> on systems time tested and shown to be reliable - OpenVMS being the
>>>>> obvious candidate.  The story can be found here:
>>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=8306
>>>> You can't fix stupid.  The rumor mill says that the upgrade of a Hitachi SAN 
>>>> failed which is when they discovered that there wasn't a backup.  The 
>>>> boneheads running this place could screw up anything, even OpenVMS.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/11/sidekick-failure-rumors-point-fingers-at-outsourcing-lack-of-ba/
>>> M$ will, of course, blame Hitachi and not their own ASSininity.
>>>
>>>
>> There's plenty of blame to go around.  I back up my PDA to my PC.  My PC 
>>  does a weekly backup to a LinkStation Pro.  It would take three 
>> hardware failures to make me lose all that stuff: PDA, PC, and 
>> LinkStation.  My cell phone is also backed up to my PC.
> 
> My cell phone is backed up to a luddite paper telephone log book.  In fact,
> that's really all I use as I can't figure out the bastard GUI interface to
> save a phone number.
> 

Maybe you should get a better cell phone.  Mine is a RAZR V3m.  Entering 
your contacts using the phone's keypad is enough to drive you right out 
of your mind!  Pressing the 2-ABC key three or four times to get a "C" 
is a poor excuse for a user interface.

That's why I purchased a copy of Motorola Phone Tools.  I can maintain 
my phone's data base using my PC.  It's much easier!!

The other choice is to purchase a phone such as the Blackberry which has 
a full QUERTY keyboard.  You can enter names, addresses, phone numbers, 
memos, send E-mail, etc, etc.  You'll never touch type on it and, in 
fact, you'll need a good light to be able to use the keyboard at all 
unless you have a eidetic memory!

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draco vulgaris