A note in a companion blog had explained how frequent
updates from the computer and smart phone industry are making life difficult
for consumers and there really is a need for the industry to rein in this habit
and schedule their updates and improvements at no more than once a year best
named after the year such as version 2018, 2019 etc. and not strange decimal
numbers like 302.56.84 etc. that no one can remember except the Late Shakuntala
Devi who could remember any number, howsoever long and complicated. Only a few critical bug fixes, virus definitions etc. may be sent on an urgent basis under precisely those names and not as an update.
It is true that there are ways to turn off updates short of
disconnecting from the Internet but such ways are not easy and require some
learning. One gets raped a few times, metaphorically speaking before learning
that. In my case recently I had to uninstall and reinstall Windows 10 in order
to get rid of a pesky update assistant that kept coming back, eating up my data
plan and slowing my work down to crawl. I used the rape metaphor here being
reminded of the lady who said it took a rape for her to learn to carry pepper
spray to fend of more attacks.
Another habit from the industry, most particularly
Microsoft, is to make up fancy names that impress no one except Microsoft it
seems. Decades ago when they had started something called Microsoft Passport
some had wondered if it was a Passport issued by planet Mars or Planet Venus.
Then there is a Windows live. Unlike reaching gmail when one signs into gmail
one somehow mysteriously lands up in a Windows live when signing into hotmail,
and recently while searching an old computer of mine for Word 2000 it took me
some time to locate it because guess what, it is not called Microsoft Word or
Word 2000 at all but WinWord. Just wondering that they could have called it
Winnie the Pooh instead to make it harder and more irritating. The latest
Windows 10 update from Microsoft is not called Update 2017 or 2018 or anything
like that but guess what, It is the Fall Creators Update. I am really afraid
they shall soon come with equally confusing new series such as Dancing in
Spring on the roof update and so on.
It is perfectly true that justifications and reasons for the stated complexities will be found for as Aristotle or Plato, I forget who, said that any position can be debated with points for and against but as my spiritual master had once taught me, son lying is wrong, if you feel you have a compelling reason to do so, go back a bit and first trash that reason itself.
It is perfectly true that justifications and reasons for the stated complexities will be found for as Aristotle or Plato, I forget who, said that any position can be debated with points for and against but as my spiritual master had once taught me, son lying is wrong, if you feel you have a compelling reason to do so, go back a bit and first trash that reason itself.
It is true that some are amused at President Trump making up
names like Little Marco and crooked Hillary but I have not found anyone amused
at the names Microsoft makes up. Microsoft you are a great company and have
done much service for the world, we all love you but please call a spade a
spade for in making up fancy names there is the stink of arrogance and as the proverbs said – Pride precedes a fall. Rooting yourself in
simplicity you shall continue to grow but get into complexity and you yourself
may be compelled to shut down bit by bit and trash your own parts as perhaps
you or the world has had to do with Internet Explorer which was a wonderful
browser – two decades ago.
Update,Sept 2018: IMPACT
This post seems to have had an impact on Microsoft, they are calling their New Update as simply October 2018 update. Apparently the trend started earlier this year in April a few months after this post was published and link tweeted on twitter including to Microsoft. From what this blogger could find on the net the new simplification is being widely appreciated, see here,
https://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/microsoft-windows-10-october-2018-update-redstone-5-1909426
Soon after this blog post was published I had sent a tweet to Satya Nadella . Some of the language of this post is not polite but it is understood in the right spirit by those with an IIT background, the alma mater of all of us,
Today I have conveyed my thank you in this other tweet
Update,Sept 2018: IMPACT
This post seems to have had an impact on Microsoft, they are calling their New Update as simply October 2018 update. Apparently the trend started earlier this year in April a few months after this post was published and link tweeted on twitter including to Microsoft. From what this blogger could find on the net the new simplification is being widely appreciated, see here,
https://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/microsoft-windows-10-october-2018-update-redstone-5-1909426
Soon after this blog post was published I had sent a tweet to Satya Nadella . Some of the language of this post is not polite but it is understood in the right spirit by those with an IIT background, the alma mater of all of us,
Today I have conveyed my thank you in this other tweet
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