Microsoft Windows is the poster child
From Gnomon Chronicles
I don't know why we can't have nice things.
All I know is that Microsoft Windows is the poster child for We Don't Have the Nice Things We Should Have.
Hashtags: #CantHaveNiceThings
Variations
I don't know why we can't have nice things.
All I know is that software is the poster child for You Must Always Have Shitty Things, And Can Never Have Only Nice Things.
In the News
Software License Violation: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series about a starship (USS Enterprise) which must fight a series of courtroom battles after conducting a five-year mission using unlicensed proprietary software.
"What a Piece of Shit is Windows" is a traditional operating system hymn.
Fiction cross-reference
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Software License Violation: The Next Generation
- What a Piece of Shit is Windows
Categories
Nonfiction cross-reference
Categories
- Category:Essays by Karl Jones (nonfiction)
- Category:Complaints (nonfiction)
- Category:Microsoft Windows (nonfiction)
External links
- Complaint @ Wikipedia
- Microsoft Windows @ Wikipedia
Social media
- [ Post] @ Twitter (22 February 2026)
