Windows woes

[Georg Wrede]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Juan Jose Comellas wrote:
> 
>> At some point in the past, the only way to be able to be certified
>> "Windows-logo compatible" was if you used the registry to save your
>> program's settings. I guess they wanted to make it really difficult to
>> switch computers without reinstalling. The registry is probably the worst
>> abomination to come from Redmond and it's the cause of most of the 
>> problems
>> Windows has.
> 
> 
> The registry problem also prevents me from upgrading to new versions of 
> Windows. Microsoft complains that a lot of people refuse to upgrade 
> Windows, but this is a big reason why. After all, if you've been running 
> for years and you've lost your original install CDs or the registration 
> code, you'll *lose* your apps when you upgrade.

That's why it's likely that once my W2k doesn't cut it anymore, I'll 
throw Windows entirely out.

I will miss the overall smoothness, Word outlining (which I'm probably 
the only person on earth to seriously depend upon), Excel UI with all 
the small details ok, and some Windows-only old apps I still use.

But XP is too much for me, and certainly their next Windows apalls me.

Besides (at least for an IT pro), the amount of new stuff to learn will 
approach that of switching to Linux anyway. And once on Linux, the stuff 
you learn is usable decade from decade. (But hey, this is like trying to 
explain what's the big deal in using an HP calculator.)