On 2006-09-12, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:01:19 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>| There are no upgrades or features to the OS that are sufficiently
>>| compelling to make upgrading a necessity, some which were earlier
>>| promised, allowed for sufficient reason for an upgrade to be considered,
>>| but these have been removed one by one over the course of Vista's
>>| prolonged patchy road of development, and now Vista appears little more
>>| than an ill-performing version of XP with a glorified interface.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34268
>>
>> COLA has argued (anticipated/foresaw) this for at least a year. To quote the
>> bottom line again:
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>> "Ill-performing version of XP with a glorified interface."
>
> There's a quote by some famous guy that was repeated and made famous by
> some other chap. You might have heard of him, being as you're from the
> same area...
>
> "Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it"
>
> Here's a few examples of history that you're repeating:
>
> Windows XP not worth the upgrade:
> http://news.com.com/2009-1001-274436.html
> http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/10/29/011029tcpcp.html
>
> Windows 2000 worth the pain (almost)
> http://www.networkcomputing.com/1104/1104f1.html
> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdpcm/is_200002/ai_ziff23121
>
> Windows ME: Not worth the trouble
> http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_31/b3692042.htm
>
> Why you don't need Windows 98
> http://www.will-harris.com/wire/html/win98.html
And they've all been correct.
There's never been a good reason to "upgrade" to the next awful version
of Winders. It's doubtful there ever will be a good reason.
That doesn't mean dumb people won't run out and get it (those who buy
it off of the shelves, few in numbers), or that people won't get it
when they buy new machiens (the vast majority, and what choices do they
have?). It just means there's little/no reason for anybody to get rid
of what they have for something newer that isn't any better.
Unless they got stuck with ME, or they get stuck with Vista. Then
there's plenty of reason to go backward or forward a version.
--
Q: How many Windows jokes are there?
A: None. They're all true.
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