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Gartner Analysts Warn That Windows Is Collapsing
spacefiddle writes "Computerworld has an article about a presentation from Gartner analysts in Las Vegas claiming that Windows is 'collapsing', and that Microsoft 'must make radical changes to the operating system or risk becoming a has-been.' Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald provided an analysis of what went wrong with Vista, and what they feel Microsoft can and must do to correct its problems. Larry Dignan of ZDNet has his own take, and while he agrees, he suggests that the downfall of Windows will be slow and drawn-out. As an interesting tangent to this, there's also a story from a few days prior about Ubuntu replacing Windows for a school's library kiosks, getting good performance out of older hardware. '[Network administrator Daniel] Stefyn said he was "pleasantly surprised" to discover that the Kubuntu desktops ran some applications faster with Linux than when they ran on Windows. An additional benefit of Windows' departure from student library terminals saw the students cease 'hacking the setup to install and play games or trash the operating system.'"
I get so tired of the "class system" of digits-in-your-user-id around here. Honestly, low-digit Slashdotters can be as stupid, ignorant, or just have a "senior moment" as much as high-digit Slashdotters.
on vomit resistant keyboards, cos I put up 2girls1cup on it..
What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?
Give it a rest. This horseshit was tired when you started parroting it, and it's well past its sell-by date now. Crap like this is why people think Linux users are paranoid morons.
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