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Windows Debate

    19-Nov-90 18:52:07
Sb: #3848-Windows Debate
Fm: Jane R. Hansen 72377,3621
To: Syndesis 76004,1763
[ continuation ] network, and it now works like a charm on LPT1 on the production machine. I do this for a living, for a decent sized company that could afford the two hours I spent on the long-distance phone support. I'd hate to think what would happen to the average consumer. When I first saw windows I thought, "Gee, this is nice, and I like being able to easily set up logical groups." Now, I know better. Windows is flakey, finicky, the developers can't figure out whether or not the problems a user may have is with their software or with windows, and the WIN.INI file is never fully documented for the user. I don't know maybe it's documented in one of the half-dozen developer's manuals. I HATE WINDOWS. I HATE WINDOWS. I HATE WINDOWS, and I love intuition, by comparison. Yet… At work, I plan to further explore the use of Windows. Once properly installed and customized for a user by a technician, it's much easier on the user than MS-DOS. It has a lot of potential. But I give it five years before all the basic problems are worked out. — Jane H. (Writing, it's easier read than done.)