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Vista the End of An Era?
mikesd81 writes "The Times Online has an article about the uncertain future of Windows. Even Microsoft, it seems is admitting that Vista will be the last OS of its kind. With the push towards a constant presence on the internet, and the churn that entails, the company has admitted that even with a two year delay 'it is not really ready'." From the article: "Security experts are acknowledging that Vista is the most secure of Windows to date. However, 'The bad guys will always target the most popular systems,' Mikko Hypponen, of F-Secure, the security group, said. 'Vista's vulnerability to phishing attacks, hackers, viruses and other malicious software will increase quickly.' But the current fear is that the Internet will kill Windows, with Google being Public Enemy No. 1: 'Microsoft is way behind Google when it comes to the internet,' Rupert Godwins, the technology editor at ZDNet, the industry website, said. 'Building Vista, Microsoft is still doing things the old way at the same time as it undergoes a big shift to catch up.'"
And if the Net is the platform of the future for applications (and that's a very big IF I wouldn't put my money on, but hey, for the sake of the discussion, let's assume that what Google is offering is going to replace Office and whatever), you'll still need something to run your browser on. And your games. And store you stuff. Linux? Yeah right, I think I've read that Linux has been ready for primetime (meaning the desktop) like 5 years in a row now on Slashdot and it still isn't. Windows is going to be here for a while.
M$ knows this, if they change the model T-Ford like kernel, applications will break.
Uh, if the Windows NT kernel is a "Model T Ford", what does that make Linux ? A horse-drawn cart ?
Whoops... just accidentally moderated that "Flamebait" instead of "Funny". Stupid javascript moderation widget. Anyway, replying just to undo my moderation.
Steven N. Severinghaus