"Allan C Cybulskie" writes:

Walter Mitty wrote:
"Allan C Cybulskie" writes:

Walter Mitty wrote:
"Allan C Cybulskie" writes:

Walter Mitty wrote:

You see, it didnt take long. This is nothing more than yet another rabid
anti-ms idiot that hates Bill Gates yet is quite happy to use his OS and
play games. Ive never understood this people. Dont like it? Dont use it.

Why do people use it? Because they want to play PC games and despite
its annoyances it's the easiest and most certain way to guarantee that
you can play any PC game. Your comment here is like saying that you
don't understand people who claim to hate work and yet are happy to
work their 40 hours a week and get their paycheque at the end of the
week. If they don't like work, they should just not do it.
Unfortunately, the end result -- money, in that case -- outweighs the
annoyance of working. But they can still want things to be better.
The same thing applies here. It's clear to me that Windows is
generally an inferior and annoying OS, but since it's the easiest way
to guarantee that I can play all PC games I'm willing to use it.

If the other alternatives were so good, how come no one uses them?


Personally I do. But you missed my point really. See the other post.

No, you missed mine.


No, I didnt. Really.

You and Ben are implying that gamers could choose not to use Windows
if

No : that anyone, not just gamers.

I'm assuming that you realize that "anyone" includes the subgroup
"gamers", right? Thus, that's the claim you guys implicitly make ...


we wanted to. My point is that since most games are WRITTEN for
Windows that choice is not as practical as you and he imply.


No one said it was practical.

I never said that you SAID it ... I was VERY careful to use term
"imply" [grin].

Your argument is that he should just say "No" to Windows if he doesn't
like it. That implies that he could, practically, do so. Well, he

Not it doesnt. This is getting boring. Inserting "Imply" doesnt make it
ok to misquote.

can't; to do so would mean he'd have to give up playing PC games. The
fact that he'd like to play PC games does not mean that he has to thus
avoid saying anythng bad about Windows or saying that he doesn't like
it. He wouldn't use it if not using it was practical, but it isn't.
So he has to use it, but that does not mean that he does or has to like
it.

Why are you defending this fanboyism? "microshaft" etc etc? He has no
idea what .net does, told lies about its penetration and accused ATI of
being lazy idiots. Is this ok by you?



me? Personally I think MS OSs are rather bloated and ugly and have
indeed moved to Linux for everything but games. But thats not to say I
dont see the advantages of windows in certain cases.

There's no real evidence that he doesn't either. He just dislikes some
of the bad things about it like .NET -- in his opinion. His opinion
does not need to be yours.

YOu dont say? But opinions should be based on facts. And he presented
untruths and half truths.

BTW, I know we are all entitled to our own opinion. We really dont need
your winderful insight on that one ....