Koreans Advised to "Avoid Vista" for Now

An anonymous reader writes "The Chosonilbo reports that several government ministries in South Korea are advising users not to install Windows Vista, at least until popular online services can be made compatible. The problem is that ActiveX is pervasive in the Korean webspace, employed by everyone from web games to online banking. Upgrading to Vista is expected to render many of these services unusable. Portions of the popular "Hangul" word processor, a major competitor to Office in that country, are also not functioning under Vista. The Ministry of Information is planning to publish compatibility information for popular websites, and urging users to carefully research the implications of upgrading."

Comments

Server side FTW!

[MrNaz]

Many people ask me why I insist on server side web apps unless there is absolutely positively no way around it. Now they know why. Client side processing means client side requirements. Server side processing means the client can be using anything from a PC with Firefox to an iPhone with... oh wait :P

Only prudent.

[RightSaidFred99]

I'm actually a MS user and I don't have a rabid irrational hatred of them like many around here. However, I'm not moving to Vista anytime soon. First, there's no compelling reason for me until DX10 games start hitting. Second, Vista is new and has many known issues, including performance issues. Third, all kinds of crap is going to break.

I think we're going to see Vista be the most slowly adopted OS Microsoft has ever released.

Re:Only prudent.

[Anonymous Coward]

"I don't have a rabid irrational hatred..."

I don't have a rabid irrational hatred of Microsoft either, just a rational one.

Re:Only prudent.

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

I'm actually a MS user and I don't have a rabid irrational hatred of them like many around here.

Neither do we. We have a perfectly rational rabid hatred of them.

Seriously though, that preamble was unnecessary: it's perfectly okay to be a happy MS user and not be so hot about installing a new product from them. But hot or not, one of these days you'll have to bite the bullet anyway.

Re:I used to think...

[yoasif]

Cross browser/OS compatibility isn't important at all?

MS just can't win can they?

[GFree]

They create ActiveX; it's has its uses but the security flaws are far too large to ignore.

People criticize MS for ActiveX, so...

They remove ActiveX; now there's less of a push for it but existing ActiveX systems are screwed.

People criticize MS for removing ActiveX, so... ...

PROFIT?

Re:isn't everyone?

[hobo sapiens]

I think perhaps the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Vista will not be a complete flop, but it will sell well under what Microsoft expects.

Unfortunately, build quality and commercial success are quite unrelated. It will be a success. Windows is too entrenched for any other outcome. If Vista is proven to cause spontaneous human combustion then maybe, just maybe, it will be unsuccessful from a sheer number-of-deployments stance.

Re:Korea.. what a strange place

[drinkypoo]

Most of them still using CRT's yet high spec computers for gaming.

Maybe you didn't get the memo, but CRTs are superior to LCDs for gaming in every way but the usual reasons to buy LCD, size and weight. LCDs have one resolution, CRTs can do many resolutions (and true multisync CRTs, which are admittedly a rarity these days, can do all KINDS of things.) The best LCD has a refresh rate and is chunky compared to a CRT, which has persistence due to phosphors.

SED is supposed to address the issue of persistence, but won't solve any of the other issues.