Re: Codec warz

Abraham Evangelista wrote:
On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:24:13 -0400, "sanjian" <mungkb@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hardly. 98 was only marginally better than 95, though I had much
more trouble with it, and the registry seemed to be, if anything,
more unforgiving than 95's. I'd say it was a wash, personally.
More modern, but

Counter Datum: I've supported 95, 98, and millenium in corporate and
user environments. 98, (with a properly clean and minimum install!)
was by far easier to work with from an administrative standpoint.
Better drivers, proper USB support, improved memory utilization and
bus bandwidth management were just the icing on the cake.

I had far more trouble with 98 than 95. And I was probably MORE abusive
with 95. Both of them, I had to re-install every two or three months,
though. XP was the first time I had an instal last over a year.

As for the registry... I've always found it to be touchy. Registry
work is a black art.

I consider it a sealed box. It's sad, though, I consider a well-written
program to be one that doesn't touch the registery. Hell, whether or not it
fuctions is secondary at this point.

<snip>

Actually, there is a compelling program, but it's one keeping me
tethered to XP - AutoCAD. Our engineering department reports that
it's a bit... rough with Vista, currently.

Some things break. Rumour has it, you can get AutoCAD running
properly under Vista if you run it in administrative mode. For many
reasons, this is of course a terrible idea. :-(

I really don't want to have to switch users just to use my software. I had
to do that with Cost Works, last year, because the licenses we got from
RSMeans were cruel and abusive.

Still, there's work, then there's play. And businesses would be nuts
to early adopt. Sounds like your company has the good sense to at
least test this stuff.

One of the few times I've been impressed by VT's engineering department.
(wonderful professors, bone-headed, bureaucratic admnistrators)

<snip>

It's not making claims. It's stating that the word on the street
isn't complimentary. I don't need to have experienced the OS to say
that.

If there's one thing that the anime fandom has taught me, its that
it's easier to bitch than praise. :-)

As I said, I'm just reporting the word on the street.


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