"Ed Price" wrote in message news:1MXYc.5349$Mf.1254@fed1read02...
"anchorlt" wrote in message
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I smile when I read what the navigation software purists among us
assert and claim.

They don't like Windows? I have been using Windows since it first came
out, in 1995, on my boats' computers and never once had any problem or
failure with that software in any and all of its versions or updates
since. Please do not say again it does not work.

I mentioned a new nav software program in my initial post only to
alert others of its existence. Then along come the purists -- the
cynics, who accuse me of being someone's brother or uncle. Or worse,
anonymous. I have never been anonymous. I am Edward J. Wagner, Ph.D.,


Uhh Ed, you don't need to post your SSN, blood type or bank account numbers
to prove you are a serious source. Although the horse is rather well out of
the barn now, next time try not to rise to the bait so fast. These posts are
public records, and whackos love to play games with harvested information. A
certain amount of anonymity here is good. g

BTW, unless you have software that is incompatible with Win XP, you really
should be running that as your OS. Win XP is so much tougher than previous
versions of Windows that it almost seems like it came from other than MS.
True, it's bloated with lot's of stuff you will never need. If I were
running something like a navigational program in a controlled environment
(like my own boat), I would do a custom install with absolutely as little of
the features as possible. You don't need stuff like Office, Media Player,
Firewall, Antivirus, 150 fonts, Fast Find, games, email or net browser. If I
needed to print charts, or update data via the net, I would only install
barely what's needed to do the job.

Sure, DOS is more robust than most other choices, but most people want an
easier human interface than a command line prompt. And most people do not
want to get into the management of their OS, so the more exotic OS
possibilities are really not good options. Snide comments by "purists"
aside, there are very good reasons for Windows being on 95% of PC's.

Ed


You have hit limiting installation of Windows XP squarely. The one
feature segment I did install was "Word," to keep detailed logs,
including waypoints.