Chapter 3
version 1.3
or repair number 3
This is one of the PC standards that is most revealing. In software you will
note almost every software that exists has a version number attached to it. Also
you will note all of the repairs will be listed since the previous version. Now
this would be common sense if they were improvements or enhancements or additions
but most if not all are actual repairs to broken software
that they sold you.
This of course exposes the fact they didn't even test the software to any real
extent. Search Microsoft knowledge base(theres a misnomer) for bugs or problems
on Winxp alone it goes into the hundreds of thousands. Then they have what they
call patches
how many do you think you will find of these?
Microsoft did not discover most of these bugs you did and then you sent them
in to their knowledge base. Again more evidence they sold you millions of dollars
of defective software they didn't even check and apparently there not required
to by any law.
Now when your software breaks you get a pop up that asks you to send in a report
so they can fix the broken software they sold you. I could understand this for
open source or freeware wear you don't pay for it but for a billion dollar company
like Microsoft and the hundreds of other software corporations this is unacceptable.
Don't sell broken software fix it
your damn self.
Which brings me to my next computer tip to
live by use open source
or freeware software. Start with a much better alternative
to Windows XP its called Linux http://www.linux.org/ they
even have dual boot software where you can use Winxp if you have to while still
using Linux. This software has over 10 different versions of its operating system
like red hat and their all stable and don't cost a dime. And yes its absolutely
free. Instead of Microsoft office suite use
Open office at http://www.openoffice.org/ its
free, its totally compatible and you can save in any Microsoft office format
too. It comes with all of the Microsoft suite formats
Excel Word .doc .xml etc....
Explorer browser is full of security holes
and nowhere near as good as Firefox
at http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ and
Outlook express by Microsoft is even worse for Emails most of the viruses that
exist have gained entrance through this software . Use Thunderbird for your Emails
instead at http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ . All
of the above software is open source and free and its even better because everyone
checks and tests it daily but the best feature is all the free add ons that people
create and donate for free. I am using these to create this document now. What
ever you
need check out http://www.opensource.org/ first
or google open source or freeware before you put your money down for another
piece of software.
Theres
no reason to pay for software. What free software! What are you nuts?
No I am just not rich I guess. It serves to demonstrate the incompetence and
intentional selling of defective software by these corporations. When you see
and use the freeware and open source products it really shows how poor and just
how defective the other software is. As I use this software I build confidence
and trust and I can remember what it felt like to use a computer that wasn't
broken or held together by technical scotch tape. My anxiety recedes and my production
time increases dramatically.
I begin to realize the excitement and passion I used to have for technology and
computers before the Microsoft IBM INTEL PC cartel(hereby from now on referred
to as the Cartel). I realize how many work hours and how much passion has been
lost by millions of people and employees
worldwide as a result.
I remember using the voice technology in the SID chip in the Commodore 64 in
1983 to prompt and record output on my computer , I remember the music I created
and later the video I created on the Amiga, the future looked wide open and computers
worked. I only mention the computers I do because these are the ones that most
people used and the ones I have experience with, I know there were a couple of
others that were just as reliable and even some of the early 286 models were
solid. The Atari had a lot of similar attributes as well and certainly the Apple
had some amazing
features too but most importantly it was reliable.
We would be much better off with the computers from long ago than todays monstrous
bloated expensive broken computers and software. The Amiga was an online machine
too and worked flawlessly online. It was also a dual boot system I had the cartel
software and Windows operating system working at the same time as the Amiga O.S.
.
It doesn't make any sense to listen to the Cartel and certainly makes no sense
to purchase from them. I know fellow Amigan's are still modifying their Amiga's
to compete and in a lot of cases supersede the Cartel in performance reliability
and certainly in creativity. Feel free to Email me with your stories Amigan's
or any other non Cartel computer users. And like I said above let me know if
your using a non Cartel system that doesn't meet the requirements listed but
is still
performing just as well.
IDEA:buy and build Amiga systems adapt their
hardware to use and implement larger storage devices and more ram and compare
to the Cartel today.