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Is Vista the New OS/2?

Posted by Cliff on from the vista-wishes-it-had-os/2's-guts dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "Well after the long torturous wait, Vista is finally out. Is it just me or do others see similarities between Vista and the OS/2 launch back in the '80's? I mean you need new hardware to run the new OS (Just like OS/2). Even on the best '386 system OS/2 still ran like a dog. Older apps sometimes didn't work (DOS penalty box). And most important, what was the compelling reason to upgrade? Add to this an interview I saw with Ballmer, some time ago, where he was talking about how he knew OS/2 was doomed when IBM kept talking about OS/2's KLOC's (thousands of lines of code), and how bloated OS/2 was. Now I see an interview with him where he talks about how great Vista is due to the, yes you guessed it, the KLOC's of code in it. So is Vista going to see the same fate as OS/2?" This is kind of a hard sell seeing that Vista has Microsoft's might behind it, rather than against it. Still, how long do you think it would take a good percentage of computer users (say 80+%) to migrate to Microsoft's latest and greatest OS?

5 of 296 comments (clear)

  1. Thou hast returned! by UED++ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now is the time for the return of Amiga OS!

  2. Re:I've tried it... by Dunbal · · Score: 2, Funny

    I work in a rather large org (Government, in fact) which is dominated by those who say "new is better", and are already putting into action plans to upgrade our fleets of PCs to Vista.

          Nice to know that our tax dollars are going to be spent in such a rational way. Because DRM is very important for a government computer. So is Aero, I assume. God forbid they ran their stuff on an older OS that just didn't have these new features... /sarcasm

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    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  3. Re:Why do you care? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    s/XP/2000/
    s/Vista/XP/

  4. Re:Good by petrus4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, the unspeakable bogeyman DRM is coming! It's coming for your SOULS! It's coming for your CHILDREN! It will invade your bedroom in the dead of night, rip your still-beating heart from your chest, and feast upon it in front of you! We're all DOOMED! Head for the hills! None other than our new Messiah, the being composed of alabaster light incarnate, Richard Stallman, can save us from this most unholy, hell-spawned menace!

  5. Re:Why do you care? by WinterSolstice · · Score: 2, Funny

    4) Mac Users. They are opposed to Windows and anything Microsoft tainted, but don't really understand the fuss over Linux :)
    They comment usually to gloat and troll.

    -WS

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    An operating system should be like a light switch... simple, effective, easy to use, and designed for everyone.