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Microsoft Exec Says, "You'll Miss Vista"
Oracle Goddess writes "'Years from now, when you've moved on to Windows 7, you'll look back at Windows Vista fondly. You'll remember its fabulous attributes, not its flaws.' That's the opinion of Steve Guggenheimer, vice president of the OEM division at Microsoft. 'I think people will look back on Vista after the Windows 7 release and realize that there were actually a bunch of good things there,' Guggenheimer said in a recent interview. 'So it'll actually be interesting to see in two years what the perception is of Vista.' A dissenting opinion comes from Bob Nitrio, president of system builder Ranvest Associates, doesn't believe organizations that skipped Vista will ever regret their decision. 'I don't think for a second that people are suddenly going to love Windows 7 so much that they will experience deep pangs of regret for not having adopted Vista,' said Nitrio. If I had to bet, I'd go with Bob's take on it." My first thought was, Steve meant Windows 7 is designed to be virtually unusable as payback for all the complaints about Vista, but I might be biased.
Really Steve, who gives a fuck? Maybe if your opinion was an indirect reflection of your experiences whilst using it (rather than some thinly-veiled way of telling the world that vista wasn't the buggiest, most drm-infested piece of shit known to man, as part of some corporate stratagem) we'd listen?
As it is, the thing is a blight on humanity. The developers who had a hand in it should be shot, then have their names added to a global 'software-development offenders' list which could be used to ensure that their code doesn't sully the public again.
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He will be redeemed, unlike an asshole such as you.