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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.
So you won't have to look far to see Vista...
And I plan on missing Windows 7, as well.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
As an end user, I don't want to notice my OS at ALL.
Only because we haven't been practicing our aim enough.
And what sort of idiot comment is that really from someone at the company? "You'll miss the old product we're replacing." I mean his entire comments are ridiculous. We'll miss the "good things" implying that Windows 7 has removed them.
Surely saying "All that DRM crap that stole your resources and restricted you in Vista... That IS missing from Windows 7" would be the only GOOD thing to miss.
A profitable business scheme for Microsoft is calling an update to a product by an entirely new name.
Another profitable scheme is charging the full price for an upgrade, as though it is a totally new product.
My understanding is that releasing versions of products that aren't finished is also profitable for Microsoft, because then most customers buy new versions immediately. Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows ME, and DOS 3.0 are three examples I think of immediately.
Yes, and history will redeem George W. Bush too.
It costs more, much of the time, to stagnate your career and narrow your opportunities. This "adage" is not reason it shouldn't be done. It is the U in uncertainty and the D in doubt. Why don't you say what you REALLY think? Should people not learn to use Linux? If no, why not? If yes, then why do you feel the need to point out the ridiculous?
"Nothing is free if you spend time doing it." Okay, we get it. Stop having sex with your wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, left or right hand... it's TOO EXPENSIVE because it's not free... don't sleep because it's such a waste of your time. In fact, never stop moving and definitely don't learn anything new because it's not free.
Seriously, what are you trying to say exactly?
I hate it when people try to make this argument...
"There is no reason they couldn't have added that feature to version X, rather than waiting till version Y"
Of course there is a reason, nobody thought of doing it until version Y!!! The creators of version X lacked either the technology, the vision, or the creativity to add that feature.
How about we just say: " There is no reason that the ancient Egyptians couldn't have built spaceships"
They could have built amazing spaceships, if only they had the technology, the vision, and the 3000 years of human experience to decide that we needed to build spaceships.
I find it interesting that the Apple reality distortion field works outwardly on others, while the Microsoft reality distortion field works inwardly on themselves.
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