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The Myth of Upgrade Inevitability Is Dead
Several readers pointed out a ComputerWorld UK blog piece on the expanding ripples of the Vista fiasco. Glyn Moody quotes an earlier Inquirer piece about Vista, which he notes "has been memorably described as DRM masquerading as an operating system": "Studies carried out by both Gartner and IDC have found that because older software is often incompatible with Vista, many consumers are opting for used computers with XP installed as a default, rather than buying an expensive new PC with Vista and downgrading. Big business, which typically thinks nothing about splashing out for newer, more up-to-date PCs, is also having trouble with Vista, with even firms like Intel noting XP would remain the dominant OS within the company for the foreseeable future." Moody continues: "What's really important about this is not so much that Vista is manifestly such a dog, but that the myth of upgrade inevitability has been destroyed. Companies have realized that they do have a choice — that they can simply say 'no.' From there, it's but a small step to realizing that they can also walk away from Windows completely, provided the alternatives offer sufficient data compatibility to make that move realistic."
Because all that everyone ever uses on a PC is MS Office.
Nobody uses PCs to play games or godforbid does any graphic, 3D, CAD, audio, video... etc. etc. -work.
These aren't the upgrades you are looking for. Have some FUD and move along.
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What features do you think you need?
Aside from being a M$ fanyboy?
What a shipment of fail.
The entire history of computing has led us from systems you had to spend weeks learning to systems you can just sit down and use.
Linux won't change that trend.
It's still not as usable as XP, it still doesn't run ALL the software you want, it still doesn't talk to ALL the devices you buy. People opt for XP because it works. Familiarity is a bonus.
I have still after all this time never actually met a Linux user. Every developer I know has a Windows desktop at home. And I know 100s of developers from all over the world.
To paraphrase Churchill, yes, Windows is the worst operating system in the world. Apart from all those other ones we've tried from time to time.
I bought an Acer Aspire One with XP. There was no way to get the 6-cell battery with linux. I never even booted the windows. I heard you could get a refund for an operating system if you didn't want it; is that true?
Moron.
I had a Mac for a while, but ended up returning it. Turns out, none of my favorite games "just worked". Nor did it have an office suite that was even comparable to Office 2007, and NO OpenOffice.org isn't even close, unless "taking 50x longer to start up for 1/4 the functionality" is close in your book, it isn't in mine.
Heck, even something as simple as "web surfing" didn't "just work", since I couldn't access my work's webmail, as Safari didn't support ActiveX like internet explorer. While I prefer Firefox for most things, it's nice to at least have IE/IE-Tab extension to fall back on.
I was also surprised to find how utterly lacking whole-disk encryption was for Mac. I use TrueCrypt, as it is free, opensource, fast, stable and secure (opensource=no backdoors). Turns out only Windows is supported for whole disk encryption. Sure, I could pay a few hundred $$ for proprietary crap, but then it would almost certainly include a backdoor for law-enforcement/gov't.
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