Comments on: Silliest IT Phrase of the Decennium http://djst.org/blog/2007/04/15/silliest-it-phrase-of-the-decennium/ David Tenser's brand new microblog Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave http://djst.org/blog/2007/04/15/silliest-it-phrase-of-the-decennium/comment-page-1/#comment-10027 Dave Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:37:34 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/2007/04/15/silliest-it-phrase-of-the-decennium/#comment-10027 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. 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.

]]> By: Travis http://djst.org/blog/2007/04/15/silliest-it-phrase-of-the-decennium/comment-page-1/#comment-9876 Travis Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:21:45 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/2007/04/15/silliest-it-phrase-of-the-decennium/#comment-9876 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 <em>just</em> 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. 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.

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