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.'"

Comments

That's some expensive code

[bbitmaster]

7.5 billion dollars for 50 million lines?
That's $150 per line of code.

How do the figures come to that? That is some expensive code.

just ridiculous

[arazor]

this whole net centric thing is ridiculous. The vast majority of USA still can not get more then dial up speeds with out paying for T1 and so forth. Each year they promise DSL or some form of wireless for the non urban USA but it never happens.

Re:oh no, not again

[suv4x4]

You know, I'm sick of "but Linux has this: see Gnome, see Vim" talk.

I'll acknowledge your attempts at proving Linux a viable desktop alternative, has any connection to reality, when you get a small-to-medium firm of lawyer consultants, for example, to use Vim and Tex for all their document related work.

Otherwise what exactly are you doing telling you that you use Vim? Why should we care? How is it related at all to the subject in discussion?

Are "simpler" folks supposed to look up to Those Skilled in The Vim and spend billions training their staff in the intricacies of running a Linux OS and software for casual daily activity?

Read this: NOONE CARES Gnome has "same or better" GUI than Windows. NOONE CARES they can save $500/computer while rendering their staff incapable of handling their machines, NOONE CARES that you use Vim.

:q!

Re:I have a hard time believing claims like this

[jb.hl.com]

ME WAS marginally better than Win98.

It was also monumentally worse in many different ways.