So what we're reading...is some guy talking about other guys talking about their guesses for the future.
It's...a whole new realm of mental masturbation. I'd try my hand at it myself, but I'm afraid I might break my mental wrist.
Microsoft is an enormous company, and they've got their tentacles into almost everything software nowadays--but Dvorak only mentions the things going wrong. What about SQL Server 2005? VS 2005? I wouldn't use them myself, but MS is doing good things there.
He might dis Office 2007, but there's one good thing about it: Sharepoint. Ever tried to coordinate training teams at ten different locations? The e-mails get hard to deal with, fast. So what if 2k7 isn't revolutionary? Like he said, MS is dominant in office suites. They just need to give people a reason to upgrade to the latest version, and I think they've done well enough on that.
Now if they could stop the "you're a blockhead, buy our stuff" Office ads...
I miss the days when new product announcements read like jokes and saying "the Internet will make bricks and mortar obsolete" wasn't a joke. Now the best we've got is "Oh look, Google made a calendar that works with your email."
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So what we're reading...is some guy talking about other guys talking about their guesses for the future. It's...a whole new realm of mental masturbation. I'd try my hand at it myself, but I'm afraid I might break my mental wrist.
Microsoft is an enormous company, and they've got their tentacles into almost everything software nowadays--but Dvorak only mentions the things going wrong. What about SQL Server 2005? VS 2005? I wouldn't use them myself, but MS is doing good things there. He might dis Office 2007, but there's one good thing about it: Sharepoint. Ever tried to coordinate training teams at ten different locations? The e-mails get hard to deal with, fast. So what if 2k7 isn't revolutionary? Like he said, MS is dominant in office suites. They just need to give people a reason to upgrade to the latest version, and I think they've done well enough on that. Now if they could stop the "you're a blockhead, buy our stuff" Office ads...
I miss the days when new product announcements read like jokes and saying "the Internet will make bricks and mortar obsolete" wasn't a joke. Now the best we've got is "Oh look, Google made a calendar that works with your email."