A tale of two Vista systems
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| Then I bunged Vista Business on it, instantly rendering it unusably slow
| (don't try Vista with less than 1GB of RAM, it's not worth it), and running
| into a number of driver problems -- in particular, I could no longer use my
| Orange Option Globetrotter Fusion 3G datacard (see my previous posting). This
| once-cherished notebook has languished for a while, and is now awaiting a new
| lease of life courtesy of Ubuntu Linux. Not, I imagine, what Microsoft had in
| mind when unleashing Vista on the market.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005813o-2000331760b,00.htm
Related:
Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft
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| Despite the heightened competition over the last two quarters from
| Microsoft-Novell and a move by Oracle to undercut Red Hat on the cost of Red
| Hat Linux support service, Red Hat has reported double-digit growth in
| revenue and an increase in profit.
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| “The success of Red Hat has been able to validate the future potential for
| open source software,” Szulik says.
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| Emerging countries are also lucrative markets for Linux, says IDC’s Gillen,
| because there isn’t as much of the legacy Windows technology to have to
| displace.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/072507-linux-microsoft-gains.html?page=3
XP > Vista... is Microsoft in Trouble?
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| But Vista becoming Microsoft’s downfall? Only if Microsoft wills it.
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http://philipwen.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/xp-vista/
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