“The art of software murder”
For those who strongly dislike Microsoft’s latest offering and how it’s being crammed down everyone’s throats, I offer this article. The last few paragraphs say it all:
What would it be like if a single piece of software were simultaneously afflicted with all the maladies listed above? It would surely be a gloomy prospect.
To coin a phrase, a truly miserable vista.
Merry Christmas all.
December 23rd, 2007 at 7:19 am
Don’t worry, the loss of their monopoly to Linux and Apple will soon be shoved down *their* throat.
December 23rd, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Microsoft survived the release of Windows Millennium, so I doubt Vista will kill it either. Though it’s certainly driving more people away… at least Windows 2000 was a viable alternative to Millennium, there is no viable Microsoft-supplied alternative to Vista. Other than XP, of course — for the moment.
December 24th, 2007 at 1:00 am
Note I said “the loss of their monopoly” not the “loss of their business”.
December 24th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Their monopoly is also still safe at the moment.
December 24th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Not nearly as safe as it used to be. Dell selling Linux home computers and Asus and many others selling cheap Linux subnotebooks are a small dent in the Microsoft juggernaut. (To mix metaphors.)
December 24th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Still a pretty small dent, though it’s a beginning.
December 30th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
This dent is not accidental (glad my puns aren’t falling flat on your ears)
December 31st, 2007 at 1:55 am
Don’t go there, friend… remember what happened the last few times you challenged me to a pun contest.
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:00 am
Don’t be so sure of yourself, winning has not been auto-matic.