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10 Best IT Products Of 2006

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-do-so-love-a-top-ten-list dept.

digihome writes "CRN.com chooses the ten best new products of 2006, including the best development tools, server, notebook and storage device. Some of the choices may surprise you ... such as their choice for operating system of the year." From the article: "With Windows Vista, Microsoft has refreshed the user desktop experience. While debate rages over whether the five-year wait was worth it, the truth is Vista is pretty much the only game in town. One may question whether Vista should be bestowed with Product of the Year recognition in the operating system category. But the product unquestionably brings new features and capabilities to solution providers that in turn promise new revenue generation dialogues with end users."

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  1. Re:Impressive! by polar+red · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's when you read sentences like those, that you are sure the article is written by some marketing departement, and not by a technology specialist.

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  2. 2006? by onedobb · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So a product that will be released in 2007 is the product of the year in 2006? Now I'd defend Microsoft to a point, but this is absolute bullshit. Vista should not win this at all. It's not even released to the mass market yet.

  3. Consider the source by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    CRN = Computer Reseller News. Of course they're going to love Vista!-- rolling out Vista will be a boon to computer resellers everywhere, because few businesses are going to bother upgrading the vast majority of their existing machines, they're going to replace them with hardware beefy enough to run Vista with most of its bells and whistles.

    This is hardly an award given for technical merit. Vista represents a full trough for all the revenue-hungry pigs to crowd around.

  4. This Article Smells of Bad Cheese by twifosp · · Score: 5, Insightful
    With advertisements becomming harder and harder to shove down people's throats, CRN has a solution for you. Clevery disguised as a top 10 list, we will include your product, written by your own marketing department, for a nominal fee. Be sure to include plenty of buzzwords and acronyms about how it will transform your life, but try not to include any real technical information on why this product is the best!

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  5. Re:Impressive! by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 5, Insightful
    in turn promise new revenue generation dialogues with end users.

    Yeah, I figure they mean this kind of dialogue:
    End User: Hi. I'm having a problem with $PRODUCT

    Tech Support: Hi. We need your credit card number. Tech Support is $45/hour.


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