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.
Don’t worry, the loss of their monopoly to Linux and Apple will soon be shoved down their throat.
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.
Note I said “the loss of their monopoly” not the “loss of their business”.
Their monopoly is also still safe at the moment.
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.)
Still a pretty small dent, though it’s a beginning.
This dent is not accidental (glad my puns aren’t falling flat on your ears)
Don’t go there, friend… remember what happened the last few times you challenged me to a pun contest. 😉
Don’t be so sure of yourself, winning has not been auto-matic.