____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Saturday 18 August 2007 16:56 : \____
> On Aug 18, 4:52 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Former PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Sours on Vista
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Mr. Louderback is moving on to a new venture, and his departing comments
>> | about Vista have nothing to do with his leaving. However, in the process
>> | of writing his last column as editor-in-chief, he expressed serious doubts
>> | about Vista.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/08/17.10.shtml
>
> Interesting quote at the end of the article:
>
> "I definitely gave Microsoft too much of a free pass on this operating
> system: I expected it to get the kinks worked out more quickly. Boy,
> was I fooled! If Microsoft can't get Vista working, I might just do
> the unthinkable: I might move to Linux."
>
> I
Yes, I don't know how I missed that bit. Here are the links that I have just
discovered.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2171472,00.asp
And:
Leading Editor Contemplates Defection From Microsoft Vista to Linux
http://linux.sys-con.com/read/417816_p.htm
Linux has had quite a few 'celebs' give up on Mac OS X or Vista. That can
really influence quite a few people. Maybe it's time for Microsoft to make
a "Vista" cap for Tiger Woods. Some months ago, a journalist whose blog I read
suspected that Beyonce's "Upgrade" necklace was Vista veiled marketing.
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