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

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In article <otydnS-RlaVChEjXnZ2dnUVZ_gidnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>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.

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I have a Motorola phone and I think it is a RAZR (Red).  A poor design all 
around.  It has a built-in "camera" (I use the term bitting my tongue here)
that is encased in a bulge in the top of the flip up portion of the phone.
When you open the phone, the bulge presses against the battery compartment 
latch on the backside and the compartment cover falls off.  It's *the* most
annoying piece of shit I've ever paid too much money for.  The stupid thing
also and too easily takes photos of my feet when I use it.  Eventually, its
memory is exhausted and then you can't use the phone until its memory gets 
purged.  I've taken WAY too many trips to Sprint to get this cleared.  I do
not talk on my camera; why should people photograph with their phone?


>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!

I hate the telephone in general.  Calls are nuisance and an invasion of my
privacy and tranquility.  As such, unless I travel long distance, I almost
NEVER carry the mobile phone.  At home, it's someone else's duty to answer
the phone.

In college I had no phone.  My first apartment after college had no phone.
I didn't have a phone service in my name until I was married.  The choice 
to do so wasn't mine then either.

Children shouldn't be permitted to own them before 25 years of age -- Just
like the restictions on auto rental.  If I go out to eat, I see groups of
young people sitting about the table texting and chatting on their phones
and not amongst themselves.  A few years ago, sitting at a hibachi table,
some uppity asshole in business attire was seated with my wife and I.  He
had his phone on the table (no etiquette whatsoever) and it rang and he'd
answer throughout the first part of the meal.  He was FN loud too!  There
is no reason to draw the entire restaurant's attention to one pompous ass.
After consuming my sashimi appetiser and the chef started to cook at the
table, I got up and found the restaurant manager and asked to be seated at
another QUIETER table.  They kindly obliged and didn't even charge me for
the evening's meal!

IMNSHO, the only good thing the mobile carriers provide me is EVDO.  There
is no way to call that device! :)

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