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• by Travis

  15 Apr 2007 at 19:21

  

  I couldn’t agree more!

  The only exception is where it is used sarcastically. Like when our Xserve has problems at work, we taunt the Mac fans with “it just works”.

  What I think is so dumb about the phrase, is that I don’t want something that just works, I want something that works + and then some. If I wanted a web browser that “just works” I’d use Lynx, whereas if I wanted a browser that revolutionizes the whole web browsing experience, I’d use Firefox.

• by Dave

  17 Apr 2007 at 00:37

  

  Well let’s just say that this phrase came about because of the shoddy nature of a lot of software particularly that from Microsoft.

  You often hear the ‘just works’ thing from Mac fans taunting Windows users for the hassles they go through.

  It just shows what a sad state our computing industry is in when ‘just works’ is something special and to be proud of. Any mass market product should meet this criteria.

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