clare @ snyder.on .ca wrote in message

Gotta agree with you John. Been in this computer business since
before
Windows - and although there have been bugs, it's a whole lot
better
than the Dos 3.11 days - and that was NOT a Microsoft product. It
was
an IBM Aberration.(or abortion)

IBM needed an operating system for their first PC, Bill Gates and a
friend provided it to them while working out of his fathers garage at
home. DOS was OK but could not handle any real graphics. Did you
really try doing anything with win 3, real crap. Personally I never
bothered with windows until 3.1, at least that worked.

Microsoft products are remarkably reliable and trouble free
compared
to the "competition".

Have to agree with you there, right from Works 2 for DOS, Microsoft
has produced an easy to use interface that others have struggled to
copy. Lotus Ami Pro is the only Word processor that comes any where
near Word in usability.

Jonathan



"Word Imperfect" - what a laugh. Lotus Ami Pro - give me a break.
Word, on the other hand? Very good.
Add Borland to the mix, and you can have more headaches. Stay with
Microsoft software, and hardware that is on the compatability list,
with microsoft signed drivers - and keep off the internet so you
don't
get viruii, and you are gold.
As for Microsoft and virii, if there was a large enough installed
base
of ANY other operating system to tempt the code kiddies and
hackers,
you can bet your last cent they would find as many or more
weaknesses
in EVERY other OS out there. That includes Linux, Apple System X,
or
what have you.

'Nuff said.
"Ed Wischmeyer" wrote in message
...
Works OK for me. If I have problems most all the time they
can be
traced
back to bad third party software, drivers, or hardware.

You're not trying to take this discussion seriously, are you?
:-)

Seriously, in using "standard" Microsoft desktop applications, I
find
bugs in normal, everyday use at the rate of one every 2 - 3
hours. My
job is results, not making excuses or buying in to somebody's
marketing
BS, and Microsoft applications do not pass muster. What's my
experience?
It includes using and developing software on windowing
(operating)
systems from about a half dozen different vendors. Been there,
done
that, not buying any -- especially from Microsoft.

Time to bail out of this thread!!

Ed Wischmeyer