From: geneabner@texoma.net   
      
   I could have Told You Vista is a piece of crap. It is laid out like the mac.   
   I hate the mac myself. But I will stick with xp.:-)   
   "Jake"  wrote in message   
   news:mkpt13dq66a26brvips18bm7ue56ov8k6g@4ax.com...   
   > I'm finding a new line of work!  Former Foxpro, Clipper, Cobol,   
   > Fortran, VS2005/VB developer who is really tired of:   
   >   
   > 1.  Windows Updates just about every day; then reboot.   
   > 2. Weird behavior, like changing a form to isMDIContainer = True and   
   > and the area around all controls is dark grey.  Sure, there's a   
   > workaround, but why?   
   > 3. No frigging line control's anymore?   
   > 4. Work on a project for weeks, then suddendly the project no longer   
   > opens.  This is supposed to be a team environment...  No frigging   
   > errors of any kind... Just can no longer open the project.  20+ forms,   
   > and they are just toast.  We all ought to adopt this development   
   > environment!  This is the only development environment that just   
   > completely blows everything away if somehow, somewhere I did something   
   > wrong.   
   > 5. Had Vista running for 3 weeks, then found no solutions for a  VPN   
   > that no longer works, no antiVirus protection that works, no printer   
   > support for something I purchased less than a year ago, gadgets that   
   > may or may not work, extremely slow performance, and none of the   
   > features that Vista was supposed to provide, even though I have dual   
   > graphics cards that were hot stuff 1 year ago.  Glad I did not spend   
   > any money on this piece of crap upgrade!   
   > 6. Whats the point of 'Restore Points' if they don't work?   
   > 7. Operating systems from Microsoft require too much time and   
   > expertise to support them, and I am throwing my PC out the window and   
   > am purchasing a Macintosh.  I bought a Mac when it first came out in   
   > 1984, and now I'm going back.   
   > 8. It's insane the amount of time I need to spend on the 4 computers   
   > in my home, upgrading, rebooting, upgrading, rebooting, can no longer   
   > print kind of issues. I could spend all my time making sure I have all   
   > the necessary drivers installed and never get any actual work done.   
   >   
   > But hey, good luck to the rest of you Windows diehards.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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