How do you convince developers to pay their "taxes"?

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Most computer users are familar with the adjective "power". "I want a more powerful PC," where the power...

powering off and powering up and stuff

:: Wendy :: — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:25:40 GMT

I do know that
- I want my PC to turn off quickly
- I want my PC to turn on quickly
- When I turn-off my PC I dont want to get any of those messages saysing 'rundll32.exe is still going, zap it now or wait until this blue-boxy progress bar fills then we'll zap it for you'
- I dont want to sit and watch my Laptop PC power down so that I am confident i can close the lid and put it in my bag knowing it is 'off' and I'll have some battery power when it turns on.

Will this affect my purchase decision?
Probably not - I wont trust it until I've used it.

Will this affect my 'brand' (OEM/OS/other-software) loyalty. Very definitiely. Especially if I know who broke my experience. Will this affect what I tell my friends about my experience? Oh, yes, I'll notice the difference.... ...with time I'll stop watching a power-down that always works and is quick...

Let's make it really clear what servie the 'Dev's who dont pay their taxes work for. rundll32? who's that, name the player.... let me know its Application X that is making me wait....

sales of application X may well drop...

Hope I make sense :-)
I'm not a dev, as you've probably guessed...

re: How do you convince developers to pay their "taxes"?

Norman Diamond — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:37:55 GMT

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:59 PM by James
> P.S. It actually costs extra for Dell to
> limit power on its USB ports

Thank you for the information.

Of course now I wonder even more why Dell's public statement was worded the way it was, instead of giving the important information that you did and making a really good impression. Well, that's their problem, all I can do is wonder.

By the way, in each of the two bus-powered USB adapters that I now use, there are separate cables to draw power from one USB port and make a full USB connection with a second USB port. If connected in that order then it works, even when connected to a Dell. So is Dell really detecting and limiting in-rush current on each port separately instead of at the hub?