Sunday, March 01, 2009

the unnecessary upgrade



Upgrading

You're about to upgrade the software. You know there is an incompatibility. You KNOW that when you will upgrade, the program will cease to work. There is an error, a bug, not a virus, and incompatibility with hardware, and incompatibility with drivers, a "problem", -- in short, you KNOW it will not work.

And -- you are dependent on this program. It is important to you. It is perhaps one of the few programs that really make a difference to you. AND -- you know, that to uninstall the entire mess, and then reinstall the entire program will be a big, big hassle and headache.

You don't need THAT! And using the classic axiom of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" you don't really need to install the upgrade. It's working isn't it? “Don't trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you.”

But to no avail. The wretched curiosity doesn't cease. It continues to encourage you to upgrade, update, install the service pack, change the configuration. And you ALMOST did it. And it's downloading at this very moment!

But right at the last minute -- you cancel. Right at the last second, you had a lucid change of heart.

You canceled it. You blew the update off your computer. You didn't take the chance. And not because you're not a risk taker. But because you've been here before. You know what it can do.

And that would only be... trouble.

Wise choice, old chap. Have a beer.