New Beginnings

The new beginning of something that can be great. What's so great about a new blog, you ask? Simply that this stands to be something unique.

Think about it: you do a Google search and you find maybe 2500 reviews of that new 'hot' software. You read the first half dozen or so and they all agree that it's hotter than sliced bread. BUT, will those reviews tell you that the new software, although it does the job ok, actually takes a PHD from MIT to operate? Will they tell you that you're going to pay once for the software, but pay nearly full price for the updates? And that updates happen about every 2 months? And then we get to the subject of support!

Then, how about hardware? Does the equipment operate well for the intended purpose? We've all seen those 'merchantability' exclusions and exceptions in the fine print. Will it do the job, be easy to configure, and operate without constant fiddling? Are the drivers solid? There's nothing worse than installing a wonderful new piece of hardware and finding that the drivers make your household toilets flush constantly.

Well, you catch the drift. This is going to be about the real nitty gritty of computing. No holds barred and since we don't have advertisers at all (outside of Google's idea of ads, which we support, but otherwise ignore), you can be very sure that we don't really care who we annoy IF there's a good reason.

There you have it. A simple idea that everyone else has managed to avoid like the plague. the others have to worry about annoying people so badly that no-one will talk to them. I don't. I run a number of networked systems here and they have a variety of new and old hardware and software. For many years, my setups have managed to break many software packages that passed all other tests. If it works here, it will work on most other people's setups.