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Possible Last-Minute Problems With Vista SP2
crazyeyes writes "It looks like Microsoft is facing problems with Windows Vista SP2. The final Service Pack for Vista and Server 2008 (before Windows 7 comes out) has been delayed. The folks who broke the launch details and dates of previous Service Packs for XP and Vista have Microsoft's latest internal schedule. Can Microsoft get it out before Windows 7? According to the new schedule, just barely."
It's pretty much a proven fact (a) Windows sucks, (b) people will continue using it, and (c) scientists will by and large not.
How many times per week does /. have to say this? It's not like anyone new here will just slap their forehead and go "Holy shit, Windows sucks and I never knew it! Which Linux distro should I start using?".
On a side note, I actually used Word 2007 the other day (hey, I couldn't get to a Linux system, I was at a friend's house) to compose a simple cover letter for my resume, and my jaw dropped when I saw how unbelievably - and unnecessarily - complex the UI had become. No fucking wonder there's always a fuss over a new Office release. It's like getting out to your truck and discovering that (a) all dials and gauges are now obfuscated, (b) radio stations are listed in base 73 and someone glued a Mariah Carey CD in the head unit, and (c) your gear shift now has all the gears in different locations.
PC moderators can suck my White pierced, tattooed dick. If you think pride == hate, s/dick/Aryan meat mallet/g.
Ten years ago I imagined myself to be running Linux by now.
I bought into the silly idea that 'millions of programmers worldwide' would quickly leave the sad, pathetic, and outdated closed source world behind. I laughed at the BSOD jokes. Shook my head at the latest virus/security problem with Windows. And anxiously waited for the amazing things that were just about to start showing up with Linux on the Desktop.
And the years went by. And I tried the latest flavor of the month/year Linux distro only to be disheartened with the shockingly amateurishness, clunkyness, and often outright buggyness of each new version.
I gave Vista a try on a whim building a new machine last year and even paid the 110 bucks for it from newegg.
Wow, was I impressed. It was fast and clean. Everything in the world ran on it. Never had a single crash since I installed it months ago. Not a single virus or spyware problem. Everything just worked. Search is a little clunky. The stupid backslashed for paths is idiotic. But overall it has been one of the best OSes I've ever run.
Now seeing these silly Slashdot stories still trying to spread FUD about Windows just grate on me. I find myself visiting the site less and less as time goes by. Life is too short. I'm getting real work done right now with Vista and no longer care to about hear 'the big plans' of various open source projects. Or how such and such distro or open source app is 'really making progress'.
The best thing for Linux on the Desktop is for all that wasted energy trying to convince everyone how much Windows sucks was better spent banging on Linux and its apps with an unmerciful eye.
I didn't know which of you to believe, so I checked with everyone I know. They believe Scutter.
Every Windows desktop machine I use from my old T42 XP laptop to the new HP workstation with 8GB of ram running XP64 to the T60 laptop running Vista SP1. Two minutes for the T42, 30-60 seconds for the more powerful machines.
There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.