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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 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.
> 
> $ SET POST/STYLE=RANT/CLASS=TELEPHONE/STATE=ON
> 
> 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

I have never noticed this problem at all
> 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

Fat fingers?

> 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?
> 
Never experienced this!
> 
>> 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.

I carry it mainly for emergencies.  If I have an automobile accident or 
a heart attack I don't need to look farther than my shirt pocket for a 
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.
> 
I didn't have my own phone (wired) until I was about thirty!

> 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

If they can pay the bills with money they have earned, they are entitled!