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Is Windows Vista Ready? 'No. God, no.'
torrensmith writes "Paul Thurrott answers the question that some IT folks are asking: 'Is Windows Vista Ready?' His answer is not only no, but 'No. God, no. Today's Windows Vista builds are a study in frustration, and trust me, I use the darn thing day in and day out, and I've seen what happens when you subject yourself to it wholeheartedly. I think I've mentioned the phrase "I could hear the screams" on the SuperSite before.' He also addresses the more important question, 'When Will Microsoft figure out what's important?' and to Paul, like most IT pros, its not about when the next OS will be released, it is about having the OS work."
I thought it was common knowledge that even at times of release, microsoft products aren't ready for consumers. What the fuck were you thinking?
Warning: Corny karma killing post above.
It looks like every company they've been buying are Linux companies (except Groove, which was a recruting move to get their CTO - and evne groove used competing technologies (BDB, now from Oracle)).
I think they've given up on Windows for the future, and are looking elsewhere for help.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug
"Aug. 30, 2005 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced it has acquired Teleo Inc., a provider of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) software
and services..."
http://www.makingthings.com/downloads/README_Tele
"README Teleo Application SDK version 1.0.1 Zaurus (Linux arm) built with arm-linux-gcc version 2.95.2 Linux x86 b uilt with gcc 3.2"
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jul
"July 20, 2005 --Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will acquire FrontBridge Technologies Inc., a leading provider of managed services that address corporate e-mail security, compliance and availability requirements.
regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and regulations that affect
financial services companies such as SEC 17A and NASD 3010 and 3011."
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf
" FrontBridge counters spam attacks with IBM and Linux hosted
solution. On the software side, FrontBridge is running a customized Linux
distribution. "After going through the available combinations we had no
doubt that IBM IBM eServer xSeries servers running Linux was the best
possible solution for us," explains Jillings."
[I think this was more of a exec-recruiting move to
replace Alchin]
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/feb
"Microsoft to Acquire Enterprise Anti-Virus Security Provider Sybari Software"
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1830182,00.a
"On the day the software giant completed its purchase of Sybari Software Inc., a deal first announced in February, Microsoft Corp. announced it
would immediately discontinue new sales of Sybari's flagship Antigen
suite for the Unix and Linux platforms."
Jun 10 2003 GeCAD
LOL!!! If you want to be able to play the latest and most popular games guess which OS you better be running? Guess the percentage of Windows apps can be found for a Mac? If you guess 50 you are being way too optomistic. Fact is no matter how much nicer, prettier, or better another OS is you have to deal with reality. If I made the change howmany of my apps would I still be able to use? Fact is OS X is not a mainstream OS. It's a toy OS. I predict Linux will become a mainstream OS LONG before Apple's offering will. If OS X was all that and a bag of chips I would have jumped ship long ago. But since I pref to have an OS that is actually useful I stay with my current OS. The OS well over 90% of the developers out there code for. To change simply based on looks and feel is complete stupidity.