[WEB4LIB] Re: Off topic - MS Outlook 97 AND Windows ME

[Nancy Sosna Bohm]

In my case the computer would not boot beyond safe mode so required 
reformatting. But YES! you are right! This did not mean I needed a new OS, 
just a reformat.

At 08:25 AM 10/10/00 -0700, GRAY, PAUL wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nancy Sosna Bohm [mailto:plum at ulink.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 10:04 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Off topic - MS Outlook 97 AND Windows ME
> >
> >
> > I'm beginning to think I need to join a support group for Me-ers;
> > unfortunately, this group would probably only provide
> > emotional support.
> > . . .
> > At 04:34 AM 10/10/00 -0700, Masters, Gary E wrote:
> > . . . lots of hard disk space) I just moved from 98 SE to ME.
> > (For reasons that make sense to me.)
>
>
>Why does the phrase
>"If it ain't broke - don't fix it." come to mind.
>
>Why are we so easy to convince that we need to dump a functional, stable
>operating system (or at least one whose bugs and quirks we have learned to
>deal with) every couple of years and move to a totally different one with a
>whole new set of bugs and problems?
>
>Yes - when the software you need to run demands the new OS or when required
>to make the switch by instutional politics  -- but otherwise????
>
>Paul H. Gray,Manager - Library LAN & CLC
>TCC Northeast Campus Library
>Hurst, TX 76054
>817-515-6623