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    Nikola Runev

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  1. Comment - Keygen Beats Windows Product Activation

    (Feb 26, 2002 - 10:48 PM)

    As i have a MSc in Computer Science from a respectable London Univercity(London,England for all of you that dont have a clue where this is),i have studyed Operating System courses and software courses(In partucular High Integrity Software).

    1)Windows Is NOT a OS.Its a Poor attempt.Read Any book on the fundamentals of OS's and you will realise that there is a lot wrong with Windows.As a programmer i have stopped programming in/for Windows.Its just not worth it and you always end up with a crap program.

    2)High Integrity Software is about writing Programs that almost Never Fail(hence software to control AirPlanes,heart implants,military applications etc.)
    A lot of it does not depend on the programmers,but on the Managment.No programer is good at everything.Its about Programing standarts and the right step taken by the management team.Its about knowing how the advantages and dissadvantages of the programming languages.So don't go and blame MS for the bugs in their software.Do you know how many people are involved in Windows,and where they live?Do you think there can be good comunication between programes over e-mail?One in USA the other in India and others in Austalia.I have been involved in several major projects that requre a communication between team in different countries.The Language barrier is another issue here,but it is a big one.Just click on the about screen of your IE to realise how many different version they have.
    I am not saying that progs for linux are better,they are generally worse,as they are written by inexperienced self-educated people that dont have an idea what programing really is and dont have the necessary hardware knowledge.
    Simply you can not write a program and not understand how memmory works and how it is implemented on the platform.
    In all my experience i have only found a few programs that are nearly perfect(one is Qmail.)
    Software is measured by Rate Of Failuare,Bugs per hours of programing time and so on.
    So what i am trying to say is that programmers are not to blame,its usually the managment that is to be shot.

    I personally use linux for work and Win XP for pleasure.
    I have tweaked the OSes and have no problem with both.
    Most of the people complain about bugs,but they have never written a program,and dont realise how hard it is to write one in a team of 5,let alone 20,000.
    I never buy software,i think my money is better spend on hardware.Anyway MS has a fair point in charging $200 for a copy of XP.Just imagine the expenses they have.
    Just a simple calculation 20000 programers an a $50k a year is 1 billion $.For 20000 programmers you will have at least 500 managers on 75k thats another 375mil $.And add the higher managment of the project and you have about 1.5bil $ just to pay the programers.What about ads?What about posters,stickers and stuff.And they have to make some money as well.There you go its a fair price.
    I dont feel XP is any worse then 2k ot 98 or ME.Its just Windows.It will always be the same.

    About the linux distributions i feel the best one is SUSE.The latest version is never available for download but its a good OS.It comes on a DVD and 7CDs.Its fully Plug and Pray :).Its dead easy to configure and administrate.Try it out.

    On the subject of WPA.Well i bet they got rid of the really Lame "pirats".Its a big hastle for the companies but as i see they havent really rushed out to upgrade.Most of them stick to 2k.

    Comming from a poor third-world counrty before comming to the UK, i was one of the 1st people to get a CD Writer.It was a 1x speed one and was very expensive.I had a very good
    legal job selling pirated software and games.My country did not have any lows about computers back then :).
    Piracy is a very very good form of advertising as well.
    About 1% of the people using Windows have pirated copys.
    But that 1% are the cream of the computing world.They talk about it to other people and hence advertise.
    I dont believe MS i really concerned about piracy.They just try to make more money from the hornest people :).

    Nikola Runev
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