Thanks for responding in the MS forum

[thuse]

Donald,

I'm glad that you told me about a way to avoid Windows Vista Search functions. I'm also glad to see small providers fill niches that MS has left open. I do worry that MS can make what looks like a subtle enhancement to Vista and put you out of business.

I'd appreciate your take on why MS has decided that their present implementation is adequate for their market. It appears that DOS Find is is more powerful than Vista Search. I may even get a MS guy to agree with me on that. Do you suppose this is by intent by MS, or just one more little legacy item they didn't have time to clean up? Do you expect to be in business with this product for a long time, or are there clues that MS will go back and fix up the inadequacies of Search?
'Thuse

PS: Got your name wrong, because there is a cat rubbing on my laptop that is destroying my concentration. Fixed name with edit. 'T

[admin]

Welcome to the club!

No, I'm not afraid at all of MS. To the contrary, by publishing Vista MS did me a great favor and gave me many happy customers!

I don't think MS is stupid or evil. However, a big company releasing big software under big time pressure is naturally liable to make countless mistakes. I personally think the best quality MS ever delivered was in the mid 90ies -- they were already powerful but still in control and with a certain spirit. From then on, the quality went generally down (but still being far better than their "reputation"), with XP as an exception to the rule.

I'm in a totally different position here. I have all the time I want to care for all the detail I want. It's not fair to compare an MS product to the work of an independent software maker.