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Re:We Need Software Updates Forever by blitzar on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:21PM (#28631329)
> If they would just make it work right the first time, the way software used to be developed

Back in my day kids were respectful of their elders, politicians didnt lie and the sun shone gloriously every day.

Re:We Need Software Updates Forever by dgb23 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:57PM (#28631873)
Exactly. Remember Windows95?

There always has been stuff that was made to work and last, and there always has been tons more stuff that was a bug ridden "worse is better" kind of deal with great marketing.

Re:We Need Software Updates Forever by blitzar on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:13PM (#28632086)
I remember windows 3.1.

Back in those days, the way they shipped - mmm it was a thing of beauty. I had to reinstall it every 2-3 months it was that good.

Re:We Need Software Updates Forever by idispatch on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:03PM (#28633683)
OTOH, if it wasn't that good we would be using something else, good and better that win3.1 and the history would erase Windows.
Re:We Need Software Updates Forever by blitzar on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:28PM (#28635712)
The big lie started when they conned people into calling the next version, 3.11 three point one one. Its pretty obvious now with the benefit of hindsight that is an eleven and big tech had to hide the fact they were transitioning from completed code to incomplete code in the unreleased versions 2 through 10.