[SATLUG] Video Drivers

[Daniel J. Givens]

Geoff wrote:
> pixelnate wrote:
>> Geoff wrote:
>>>
>>> I, personally, don't -want- Vista, and I can't, for the life of me,
>>> figure out why these same mindless AOL'ers (for lack of a better
>>> defining term) would /stand in line/ to buy ANY product of Microsoft,
>>> the day it's released.  Has History taught them 
>> The same could be said for all the people that waited in line for
>> iPhones. I have used Apple computers for a long time, and I still
>> spend most of my computer time on one (Graphic Artist/Web Designer by
>> trade), but I would never buy a Rev. A Apple product.
> 
> or any -other- device that is a first-run release.  See?  I -learned-
> when M$ went from DOS 3.0 to 3.01, 3.1, 3.11, 3.12, 3.2, 3.21, 3.22,
> 3.3, 3.31, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, etc... Sure, the hardware was
> changing, and the bugs were still getting worked out, but bottom line,
> as far as I can tell, M$ has -never- released a dependable software
> product, first-run.  Not even IBM machines, running IBM Dos were
> infallible, nor immune to the 'update/upgrade' system.  Following along
> those lines, 'apt-get update', and 'apt-get upgrade' look eerily
> familiar...

I know I couldn't write a feature complete, 100% correctly functioning,
secure application of any substance and never have to update it beyond
version 1.0. It's the burden of human nature. We mess things up, but at
least we can recognize those flaws and correct them accordingly. What
would be really bad is if there were no second run and no updates.

You have to start somewhere. You don't have to be an early adopter.
Rather than look down on the early adopters, you should be thankful they
are there to be early adopters. They are the ones that deal with the
problems of the first run and get the creator to fix those flaws. You
benefit from their hassle.