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  • B Bradml

    Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


    Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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    NormDroid
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    Unix, just can't get to grips with remembering "grep > asdas | {dsds} < 1212 > ls -l" type commands, plus is has not user interface.

    .net is a box of never ending treasures, every day I get find another gem.

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    • B Bradml

      :laugh: I don;t see why not


      Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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      Vista and win 95 Xp can be a bit of a pain at times but it is by far better than vista. I especially hate UAC in vista

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      • B Bradml

        Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


        Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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        Rage
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        Lotus Notes, or anything coming from Symantec.

        Company policy : no access to the internet but CP ~RaGE()

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        • B Bradml

          Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


          Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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          Olli
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          Hmmmm..... What about that L***X stuff ???? :suss: I don't know, but I agree that those comand-prompt stuff is not really the key to wisdom....

          Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
          Homer Simpson
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          • L loket

            Lotus Notes, a UI and usability nightmare. X|

            /M


            - Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

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            eugene genis
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            ja! i agree!! wrote add-in that generates mails and sends it out via lotus, pain in the neck even ms interops are better...

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            • L loket

              Lotus Notes, a UI and usability nightmare. X|

              /M


              - Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

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              Weiye Chen
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              Im using it now. My inbox shows 1 new message that never exist. :doh:

              Weiye Chen A self proclaimed hermit living in a cave, with his PC connected to the world.

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              • B Bradml

                Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


                Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                WillemM
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                You can add McAfee and Symantec to the list of bad software, especially their virusscanners are bad and should be avoided if possible.

                WM. What about weapons of mass-construction? "What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson

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                • B Bradml

                  Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


                  Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                  Vikram A Punathambekar
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                  Here ya go![^]

                  Cheers, Vikram.


                  The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...

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                  • B Bradml

                    Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


                    Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                    Eytukan
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                    VB x.x. , Lotus Notes, Yahoo messenger, VC 6.0 compiler & it's idiot intellisense, Windows ME, Acrobat reader version 7 and above,Winamp 3.0,... Btw,Clickety[^] :-D


                    Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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                      I don't really have to tell you don't I? eh, I broke it again.


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                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                      But you are only allowed to list one here - which is it? :)

                      Cheers, Vikram.


                      The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...

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                      • N NormDroid

                        Unix, just can't get to grips with remembering "grep > asdas | {dsds} < 1212 > ls -l" type commands, plus is has not user interface.

                        .net is a box of never ending treasures, every day I get find another gem.

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                        Don Miguel
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                        norm .net wrote:

                        Unix

                        oh, that IS the OS!! ;P

                        norm .net wrote:

                        plus is has not user interface

                        And for this we can thanks to God! ;P

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                        • B Bradml

                          Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


                          Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                          Abu Mami
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                          Well, Symantec calls it "Norton Antivirus", but we all know that it itself is a virus. Did you ever try to uninstall it? Can't be done.

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                          • B Bradml

                            Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


                            Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                            Rajesh R Subramanian
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                            1. Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition. (The fall of the empire) 2. Symentec Antivirus and other stuff (All versions, all flavors) 3. McAfee (Any) 4. GTalk, and all desktop applications by google (except for Google Earth) 5. RealOne player Crapware software (Which includes a bunch of real crap) 6. MSN Messenger (the present live messenger is somewhat okay..) 7. ALL the software stuff shipped with HP hardware. (They happily hog memory and some processess will hang around, even after you quit the software) 8. Apple's video player (I don't remember the name)


                            [Frozen Thoughts] | [My Life - My Prayer]
                            Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                            • B Bradml

                              Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


                              Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                              Programm3r
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                              Worst ever must be MS Millennium edition ... Just take the following into consideration: The following are new Error messages that are included in Windows Millennium Edition: 1.Smash forehead on keyboard to continue. 2.Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue. 3.Press any key to continue or any other key to quit. 4.Press any key except... no, No, NO, NOT THAT ONE! 5.Press Ctrl-Alt-Del now for IQ test. 6.Close your eyes and press escape three times. 7.Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner. 8.This will end your Windows session. Do you want to play another game? 9.Windows message: "Error saving file! Format drive now? (Y/Y)" 10.This is a message from God Gates: "Rebooting the world. Please log off." 11.To "shut down" your system, type "WIN." 12.BREAKFAST.SYS halted... Cereal port not responding.


                              The only programmers that are better than C programmers are those who code in 1's and 0's..... :) :) Programm3r
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                              • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                1. Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition. (The fall of the empire) 2. Symentec Antivirus and other stuff (All versions, all flavors) 3. McAfee (Any) 4. GTalk, and all desktop applications by google (except for Google Earth) 5. RealOne player Crapware software (Which includes a bunch of real crap) 6. MSN Messenger (the present live messenger is somewhat okay..) 7. ALL the software stuff shipped with HP hardware. (They happily hog memory and some processess will hang around, even after you quit the software) 8. Apple's video player (I don't remember the name)


                                [Frozen Thoughts] | [My Life - My Prayer]
                                Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                                Programm3r
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                                brahmma, it's like your reading my mind ... :)


                                The only programmers that are better than C programmers are those who code in 1's and 0's..... :) :) Programm3r
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                                • L loket

                                  Lotus Notes, a UI and usability nightmare. X|

                                  /M


                                  - Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

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                                  Colin Angus Mackay
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                                  I used it once - I hope I never have to use it again.


                                  Upcoming events: * Edinburgh: Web Security Conference Day for Windows Developers (12th April) * Glasgow: Introduction to AJAX (2nd May), SQL Server, Mock Objects My website

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                                    Vista and win 95 Xp can be a bit of a pain at times but it is by far better than vista. I especially hate UAC in vista

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                                    Colin Angus Mackay
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                                    A***** wrote:

                                    I especially hate UAC in vista

                                    It can be turned off, although it isn't recommended.


                                    Upcoming events: * Edinburgh: Web Security Conference Day for Windows Developers (12th April) * Glasgow: Introduction to AJAX (2nd May), SQL Server, Mock Objects My website

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                                    • L loket

                                      Lotus Notes, a UI and usability nightmare. X|

                                      /M


                                      - Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

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                                      S Douglas
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                                      loket wrote:

                                      Lotus Notes, a UI and usability nightmare

                                      Agreed! There should be a support group just for Notes users. X|


                                      I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

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                                      • L loket

                                        Lotus Notes, a UI and usability nightmare. X|

                                        /M


                                        - Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

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                                        CARPETBURNER
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                                        Amen to that, Lotus Notes, UI Disaster, Slow and Rubbish.

                                        John Crocker

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                                        • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                          1. Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition. (The fall of the empire) 2. Symentec Antivirus and other stuff (All versions, all flavors) 3. McAfee (Any) 4. GTalk, and all desktop applications by google (except for Google Earth) 5. RealOne player Crapware software (Which includes a bunch of real crap) 6. MSN Messenger (the present live messenger is somewhat okay..) 7. ALL the software stuff shipped with HP hardware. (They happily hog memory and some processess will hang around, even after you quit the software) 8. Apple's video player (I don't remember the name)


                                          [Frozen Thoughts] | [My Life - My Prayer]
                                          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                                          Eytukan
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                                          brahmma wrote:

                                          4. GTalk, and all desktop applications by google.

                                          :laugh::laugh:, why you hate them?


                                          Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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