Comments on: The Associated Press is on Acid

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 May 2005 12:28:12 +0000

This blog entry from you simply reduced my view of your credibility as an ultimate geek. :( One thing that struck me is concept of not being the tallest nail — this reasoning has been around for ages and has been debunked as well. If market share is the culprit, then how come Apache does not exhibit the same problems as IIS?
Oh well – I agree with the others. We like you when you were not biased towards a particular platform.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:55:10 +0000

Yeah Microsoft has done nothing original with Windows the last
few years, I guess windows media center and tablet PC are not concidered upgrades to windows.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:19:28 +0000

I agree, this guy is really scraping the barrel for reasons why Mac OS X is so much better than Windows. But then again, these are the pathetic reasons why Longhorn is supposed to be so much better than previous Windows versions!
Although I agree that this guy is desperate, I disagree with some of your comebacks…
Suggesting that Windows is attacked more _successfully_ because it's the 'tallest nail' is unfounded. You can only find holes if they exist; just because more people are looking for them doesn't mean that they'll find more. Besides, if Open Source is supposed to be less secure because crackers can see the raw code, surely Firefox would even now be so much more vulnerable compared to IE, the code of which people can't see? Also, concerning Firefox, how many flaws within Firefox affect just Windows, because of weaknesses within Windows itself?
Microsoft said a couple of years back that Windows was not designed with security in mind. Even just this week we've seen Microsoft bashing XP, suggesting that it's not up to scratch.
I believe Microsoft. I believe that Windows was not designed securely, and networking is its greatest weakness. Microsoft claims that it can't even offer full TCP/IP capabilities because of the vulnerability this would create. Mac OS X and Linux fully support TCP/IP.
Concerning Apple having copied from Microsoft, this isn't really an issue. The whole reason that most people tut at Microsoft for copying is because Microsoft claimed that it was the greatest innovator, and that others had copied it. Statements pointing out how Microsoft has copied usually come in retaliation to this pompous outburst from the beast. Anyway, if others have copied, and have a working product out before the competitors original, doesn't this reflect badly on Microsofts performance?
And no, I'm a Linux Zealot, not a Mac Zealot!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:29:00 +0000

Since when does the act of owning a Mac make someone a zealot?
Although, on the other hand, I'd bet the percentage of Mac owners that are “zealots” is higher than the percentage of Windows owners that are Windows “zealots”.
There's a lot of opinion involved in these things. But there's also a fact: Mac OS X offers a huge playground for people who used to be Windows zealots to explore.
And many people who take the dive are amazed and excited by what they find. The past four years have been a lot more exciting for Mac zealots than for Windows zealots, and until Microsoft gets its act together and can ship a truly exciting upgrade to Windows, it's going to continue to underwhelm the Windows enthusiast community.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:09:55 +0000

Windows is rather intrusive in may ways. You don't own the program, you are leasing it. They extort companies to get a driver to work with peripheral equipment. With Linux you can make your computer jump up and rollover by telling it to. With windows you need one or two extra approved programs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 04:50:55 +0000

“Sheesh Pirillo…. Enough with the overkill. We get what you are saying…. YOU LIKE WINDOWS. This is a rare time that you even dare mention Apple on this blog. All of your harping about bias… well look in the mirror… I see more bias from you as a Windows apologist than that guy you attempt to tear a new one. Seems to me if Apple were creating an inferior product why bother give it the time of day with the long winded whining?”
I guess you could say that about mac fans as well, For all their apparent confidence in OS X, they go overboard
trying to tell windows fans how bad their OS is, and how stupid they are .

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 02:59:50 +0000

Sheesh Pirillo…. Enough with the overkill. We get what you are saying…. YOU LIKE WINDOWS. This is a rare time that you even dare mention Apple on this blog. All of your harping about bias… well look in the mirror… I see more bias from you as a Windows apologist than that guy you attempt to tear a new one. Seems to me if Apple were creating an inferior product why bother give it the time of day with the long winded whining?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 01:03:20 +0000

I don't understand your position. One minute you harp on MS Outlook and the next you are a Microsoft groupie, please explain. If anyone is biased, I think it is the redmond groupies that have turned you into the all knowing, longhorn loving, ms groupie… I miss the old days when you were unbiased and just a computer geek. Seems like lately you change you position depending on which way the wind blows…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:58:29 +0000

Chris, you say that windows you can do all of the same things, i agree but all of thoses products are 3rd party OS X has it all ready in the OS. Just wanted to point it out

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:26:33 +0000

I'd argue that Spotlight/Longhorn search (where's the pithy name MS?) are better solutions than Copernic simply because of the integration both have with the OS filesystem. Indexing *is* a costly process and neither Copernic or Google DS always choose an appropriate time to start. A lot of times I am trying to search emails or source files that I just created. In those cases, having the metadata import tied directly to the OS would be beneficial.
Re:Konfabulator & performance/sucky widgets. Have you looked at Kapsules? (http://kapsules.shellscape.org/). I tried it out a while back and didn't find them too offensive. I ultimately removed them because they were on my development machine and I wanted ALL of my CPU cycles going toward debugging instead of other things. I usually shut down Outlook and Trillian when I'm debugging.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:02:55 +0000

You don't think MSN skews it's results? Ivor Hewitt found that MSN favors pages served from IIS, Increasing your odds of a higher listing by several percent
http://www.ivor.it/goog/orig/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:35:41 +0000

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