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

[Alan Feldman]

On Oct 14, 7:54 am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <otydnS-RlaVChEjXnZ2dnUVZ_gidn... at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net> writes:
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> >VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> >> In article <3pKdnQFAu92jkUjXnZ2dnUVZ_rCdn... at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net> writes:
> >>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> >>>> In article <ta2Bm.142582$Y83.59... at newsfe21.iad>, "John Vottero" <J... at MVPSI.COM> writes:
> >>>>> "BillPedersen" <peder... at ccsscorp.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:24aed94d-39ea-418a-8e57-33a04c440452 at s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com...
> >>>>>> The current debacle of T-Mobile and Microsoft/Danger (what a name) and
> >>>>>> the loss of personal data on some 800,000 Sidekick PDAs is without a
> >>>>>> doubt another example of why people should only bet their businesses
> >>>>>> on systems time tested and shown to be reliable - OpenVMS being the
> >>>>>> obvious candidate.  The story can be found here:
> >>>>>>http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=8306
> >>>>> You can't fix stupid.  The rumor mill says that the upgrade of a Hitachi SAN
> >>>>> failed which is when they discovered that there wasn't a backup.  The
> >>>>> boneheads running this place could screw up anything, even OpenVMS.
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> >>>>>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/11/sidekick-failure-rumors-point-fing...
> >>>> M$ will, of course, blame Hitachi and not their own ASSininity.
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> >>> 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.
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> >> 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.
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> >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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> $ SET POST/STYLE=RANT/CLASS=TELEPHONE/STATE=ON
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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

Every Motorola phone I had was a pain.

do
> not talk on my camera; why should people photograph with their phone?

Reminds me of people drinking coffee at dinner. Never made any sense
to me. In your terms: I don't take sleeping pills with breakfast; why
should I drink coffee with dinner?

Well, it's nice to have an emergency backup camera on hand.

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