Re: Re: Remember that amazing multi-touch display?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

many good things can be said about MS ...  their advertising, for
one, is grown-up & doesn't annoy ...  they try to fix their bugs &
omissions quite quickly, too ... and their relatively open strategy
has brought forth a lot of functionality, from all over, which is
very very very good ... their keyboards are generally a lot better,
too ... I even sympathise with their bootleg & pirate problems (I've
paid full whack for all my stuff from them, despite the high
prices) ... and I wish them luck with Vista ... it's just the very
chaotic way they work, and its various consequences, that rather too-
often tries the patience ...

I'll try to be (even) more sensitive to Ian's sensitivities in
future ...

BTW, the Surface idea is exciting ... looks like it's going to be
very very good ... even awesome !

'interesting, too, that they talk of using bar-codes to interface
with things placed on-top ... 'sounds like there'll be life in bar-
codes for some time yet ... 'wonder how it will read them - only in
certain places ... and what codes they'll use ... funny the media
articles  didn't mention RFID ... or 3D possibilities (3D tables
already being available, via polarisation) ... ???

Chris


On 31 May 2007, at 10:26, Ian Lowe wrote:

> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Mal Lansell <mal@...> wrote:
>>
>> Spoken like Bill's best mate, lol!  Are you Paul Allen in
>> disguise ;-)
>
> nah, I'm happy to knock MS when they get things wrong - I just get a
> little jaded at the whole "anyone but microsoft" camp that
seems to
> live in a different world from the rest of us.
>
> I have a Mac Mini on my desk here, My laptop runs Windows XP, My home
> PC is Vista and I use an Ubuntu install for any odds and sods of Linux
> stuff I need to do... and each one is good at some things, bad at
> others.
>
> XP doesn't always crash, Ubuntu isn't super stable and Mac OS is not
> any easier to use. These things are stereotypes, myths - simply not
> true.
>
> Chris seems a nice enough guy, but for the love of all that's good,
> can't anyone mention something cool from Microsoft without getting the
> same tired old attitude? Just for Once?
>
> :P