Re: OT Vista Blues

"Peter McMurray" <excalibur21@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Chandru
When was the last time that you got out on the floor and genuinely
examined the business processes?

Thankfully, never ;).Business is a complete mystery to me.

I actually asked the operator why she said "I like my Vista". Lo and
behold ease of use with document imaging was number 1 and no you cannot do
it that easily in XP, Linux or any other desktop. Outlook changes figured
very high on the list with colour coding of the contacts a major benefit.
Outlook interfaces easily to things like the Payroll, Creditors, Debtors
etc and separating the contacts in this manner is very valuable. The
gadget bar links are also very valuable with popups and reminders for jobs
to be done today etc.

An easily amused user, eh? I can send her some crayons.

My example of spread*** abuse was intended to show that we need to look
at how people actually work and that now there are significant changes in
the Office suite particularly well linked to Vista is a good time to
start. There are other major benefits such as the security et al but
perhaps people should read the info rather than launching into criticism.
On that point why did you dump it since you will have to go back to it or
retire

Think I can keep my XP for another 4 years and will seriously think about
retirement then. Or else switch to my son's W2000.

. In fact I find it quite intriguing to see people claiming that their *nix
systems never fall over but Windows often does. It never seems to occur to
them that maybe they have made a mistake as a very significant chunk of
world business sees it differently. :-)

As for the BMW, well that got slammed by Top Gear last year for a
ridiculous interface that required one to read the manual in depth just to
shut up the stupid GSP gadget and other "improvements". My examples are
from a superior and cheaper car, the MAZDA 6, perhaps that is why Mazda
sell far more cars world wide! By the way a BMW happily led my brother
through a maze of Belgian streets and when in the middle of a square with
6 lanes of traffic announced "you are here" Whoopee-doo. Bad design and
worse implementation.

BMW is far and away the best "drivers" car according to most reviews. Don't
confuse the bastrardization of control which is the I-Drive (optional on the
little BMW's) with drivability.

However, you're actually proving my point. I-Drive does nothing substantial
functionally, probably took a 100 man-years of design time, is a complete
bear to understand, and gives new meaning to the words "user-hostile."
Remind you of Vista?

Chandru
As for smelling the roses. Mate I think that I have you well beaten there
as I watch the wedge tailed eagles soaring on the ridge above my house,
the swoop of a white goshawk or a kookaburra past my office window and
then at night the wondrous sound of thousands of frogs chortling around
the paddocks. A few years back you would have been right as I was working
far too hard

Good Luck with your systems
Peter McMurray





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