A lot of people consider XP the best version of WIndows and they have a point.
Well, I belong to those fellows, 2 later Version Desktops are just adding
Dust, after wasting some time on them. A Year ago, I bought 4 HP Copaq
Factory-downgraded XP Pro(originally Vista, seemengly unsellable with
that Crab-Version) units, updated to latest HP XP-Pro Spec's + Upgrades,
just to make sure, to have some in Reserve. And for what i use a PC, that's
all I ever need. And for ~45 US Bucks each, it was a real Bargin!
And I need some spares for my Club, where 3 XP's are in daily action,
among my Old Lady, playing Admin there, also selected ~44 Years ago,
and kept so far, after going trough a good range of former Test-Versions
before. Strictly technically described, at least.
It's quite similar, when it comes to OC. From all my OC Postings I made, one
will not find more than a mere handfull of Questions ( with mostly no replies ).
For the simple reason, that there are no unsolved matters. I just have to ask
my best Friend Google, to find, what I am looking for, for XP + OC the same.
And both still work, secure, and in full, despite of all prognoses made ...
Lucky me, because I would probably have been moving on to someplace
else a long time ago already, after realizing, that this is no place, where
Newbies likely get, what they're expecting - after still beeing under the first
Impression, to have found a free heaven of wisdom. Only waiting, to make
anybody rich quick, in the upmost easy way, and by a few clicks.
( what a way of dreaming about starting a new Business...
)
For OC Newbies, and those, coming from the 'friendly' Shareware Scene, it's
in many cases a rather frustrating Experience, to be confronted with the OC
Reality. But OC Reality means Business, since OC is built to only do Business,
for most everybody involved. They just 'missed' that Fact, after reading Page 1,
with highest expectations, but little or no qualification, to 'handle' a real pro
Business Tool like OC. This, regardless of, if still some Bugs might exist in some
OC Versions or not.
A little more 'Neutrality' could only help, when it comes to inform OC Newbies
about, what OC Version they should possibly use best, for what purpose ever.
Or at least a 'global' Info, that OC is an steady ongoing Project, and latest OC
Versions always are latest Test versions too, for everybody involved.
The OC Project never changed, it always worked this way. Some just forgot about that ...
And OC Newbies don't know, and have to find out first, the likely not so easy way.
Many will give up, and so never add to 'common' OC Wealth, that's the bad thing about it.
And I am quite sure, that the Numbers have been brighter, when I arrived at the OC Scene,
compared to, what they show today. Despite of Min- Prices, which went from 10 to 20 since.
But that's really only a wild guess ...
and based on nothing but my nose
Ernie