Alan Jackson

I figure it should be in bloody good fun to start off my first real post with a rant on the future of Microsoft Windows, or the lack thereof.  You see, my issue is that I have seen the preview of Windows 8 video.  It is just further evidence of the fact that Microsoft still does not “get” our issues with the OS.

I don’t need a new skin on my OS, I need new and more secure plumbing that actually works.  Don’t put the OS into tiles and call it fun.  Redesign the bloody thing to make it more secure, easier to maintain and with less updates please.

How about addressing the stupid registry and installations as a start?  Apple I am sorry to say.  Did you ever try and install say SQL Server and tell it to install on a drive other than the C drive or the default location?  The response?  Well, I will put some stuff where you want and other stuff where I want?  F U Microsoft.  If I wanted it installed on the G drive, I mean it.  And none of this crap in the registry.  If I want to uninstall something from a Mac, I simply drag the package icon into the trash.  And poof it is gone.

This is exactly how all of our UNIX installs were handled back in the day.  Everything self contained in one folder.

Get it right Microsoft, don’t just paint it with tiles.  The only good thing is that this will probably make the decisions very easy in the future. 

Jun 10, 2011 | Add Comment

Hello, my name is Alan Jackson.  No, hot Him.  The other guy.  I am new to geekswithblogs.net, so a quick intro might be nice.  I have been doing computing / IT functions for both public and private industry since my intern job of 1985.  From teaching myself C/Unix in 1985 to forging a new path to VC++/VB/C# in 2005, I think that I have just about worked on every kind of software or design effort.

I am passionate about making quality software, and constantly struggling to keep up.  At my age, you either code or perish in my opinion.  To me blogging is less about showing what you know and more about keeping a mental dump about problems that I have solved that I don’t care to solve again.  And nowadays, I keep very little paper around.  Here are some links to some other blogs that I have worked on:

http://go281.wordpress.com/

What is go281 supposed to mean?

You’ve all faced this when you register on a site.  What name can I use?  What can I use which I am pretty sure has never been used before and I won’t forget?  go is short for Grabber Orange.  Which is the color of the 2007 Mustang GT convertible that I drive.  281 is the size of the 4.6L engine in cubic inches.  It’s that simple.  I love my mocheen.

Jun 10, 2011 | Add Comment