Thanks LC.... I appreciate your spirit.... I am so used to everyone being so prickly and unrealistic, I assumed you were the same. My bad.. Sorry about that!
Yeah, I have not seen any of my corp. clients adopt Vista yet. Being in the business, I find it strange not to see even one example of a company adopting it as a platform. My guess is that XP has 98% of what most companies need. I really believe a fantastic $39 SP3 from Microsoft would have made them Millions more. I actually heard less complaining with Windows ME then with Vista.
Thanks for the positive and spirited dialouge, I appreciate you!
Back up the cart Laughing... You wanted to escalate this conversation to some kind of edict on my feelings about MS... I actually like MS... I am using their product right now and I have nothing really bad to say about it. I was stating my opinion based upon sales and conversations with hundreds tech leaders on Vista. I'm sorry you do not like that opinion. I do not hate Bush and I actually think we should be in the middle east and that negotiating with people there is absolutely insane.
Sorry to blow away your presuppositions. I just don't like the way MS is srongarming Vista. It's bad business.
LaughingCoder you and I actually probably agree on more then we disagree... I just think you made some pretty large leaps about what I do and my presuppositions... Thanks all... Sorry for being a smart ass!
Suspect what you wish, sense I don't "push" any products, your crystal ball may need some fine tuning. I don't give a rats ass which OS they purchase, in fact, I prefer they buy Vista... If they did, I'd make more money on 1 stick of RAM and new hardware then I would on a 4 Vista licenses. I could only pray they'd buy more of it!
Since I never claimed to "successfully talk... customers out of Vista" my guess is your "road to mediocrity is paved by low expectations" for yourself.
Nice theory, but putting words in someone else's mouth only makes you look ignorant. Go fan the flames somewhere else.
Somewhere I think I mentioned Universities, but I'm not sure you got that far... lol.
Also, school districts buy the latest Apple OS almost the day after it hits the streets... They just don't trust MS...
I sell computers and parts to over 4000 schools, universities and gov't agencies... Other than bundled Vista, which they all want Ultimate or business so they can downgrade to XPP... Not 1 purchase of Vista other than an experimental copy in which the head of technology for a 330 school district used Vista for 2 days then erased it and put XPP back on...
Microsoft is fooling themselves and trying to pull the wool over our eyes. Vista is a load of crap and MS thinks we are so stupid enough to fall for their marketing nightmere!
Folks.... it's a complete and utter smoke and mirror trick so investors won't begin bailing out. I sell Technology products to Schools and Universities.... To date, not one of our 4000 clients have ordered Vista. For those who have ordered new computers, 100% of them have said they will be erasing and putting XP on the new machine. Vista is as complete disaster for M$. It's their Newton.
Don't buy the crap!!!! If these fools think they are going to hold anyone hostage by their own stupidity they will pay for it. if I owned the product I would worry less about keeping my little crappy shops open and more about getting the stuff in as many hands as possible.
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Thanks LC.... I appreciate your spirit.... I am so used to everyone being so prickly and unrealistic, I assumed you were the same. My bad.. Sorry about that! Yeah, I have not seen any of my corp. clients adopt Vista yet. Being in the business, I find it strange not to see even one example of a company adopting it as a platform. My guess is that XP has 98% of what most companies need. I really believe a fantastic $39 SP3 from Microsoft would have made them Millions more. I actually heard less complaining with Windows ME then with Vista. Thanks for the positive and spirited dialouge, I appreciate you!
Sorry to blow away your presuppositions. I just don't like the way MS is srongarming Vista. It's bad business.
LaughingCoder you and I actually probably agree on more then we disagree... I just think you made some pretty large leaps about what I do and my presuppositions... Thanks all... Sorry for being a smart ass!
Suspect what you wish, sense I don't "push" any products, your crystal ball may need some fine tuning. I don't give a rats ass which OS they purchase, in fact, I prefer they buy Vista... If they did, I'd make more money on 1 stick of RAM and new hardware then I would on a 4 Vista licenses. I could only pray they'd buy more of it! Since I never claimed to "successfully talk... customers out of Vista" my guess is your "road to mediocrity is paved by low expectations" for yourself. Nice theory, but putting words in someone else's mouth only makes you look ignorant. Go fan the flames somewhere else.
Somewhere I think I mentioned Universities, but I'm not sure you got that far... lol. Also, school districts buy the latest Apple OS almost the day after it hits the streets... They just don't trust MS...
I sell computers and parts to over 4000 schools, universities and gov't agencies... Other than bundled Vista, which they all want Ultimate or business so they can downgrade to XPP... Not 1 purchase of Vista other than an experimental copy in which the head of technology for a 330 school district used Vista for 2 days then erased it and put XPP back on... Microsoft is fooling themselves and trying to pull the wool over our eyes. Vista is a load of crap and MS thinks we are so stupid enough to fall for their marketing nightmere!
Vista was the F$@#(*^& dumbest idea in Billy G's tenure at MS!
Folks.... it's a complete and utter smoke and mirror trick so investors won't begin bailing out. I sell Technology products to Schools and Universities.... To date, not one of our 4000 clients have ordered Vista. For those who have ordered new computers, 100% of them have said they will be erasing and putting XP on the new machine. Vista is as complete disaster for M$. It's their Newton.
Are there adds on Linuxtoday? I never noticed them.... I manage to ignore most web adds.... I say, keep M$ money and promote more Linux!!!
Don't buy the crap!!!! If these fools think they are going to hold anyone hostage by their own stupidity they will pay for it. if I owned the product I would worry less about keeping my little crappy shops open and more about getting the stuff in as many hands as possible.