__/ [ yttrx ] on Wednesday 07 February 2007 13:19 \__
> yttrx <yttrx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Windows Vista finally works on this thinkpad without issue.
>>
>> Half my software doesn't work though.
>>
>> And it's pretty slow.
>>
>> And aero keeps crashing every time firefox suffers a popup.
>>
>> And the battery monitor I grabbed from the official microsoft
>> repository of sidebar gadgets generates two error codes every
>> time it starts.
>>
>> Putty works!
>
> And by the way, it really was 29 reboots. Windows Vista has to
> reboot exactly as much as XP and for exactly the same reasons.
>
> Microsoft really is out of fucking touch.
Are you enjoying your role as an alpha tester?
Microsoft using early Vista users as guinea pigs?
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| Interesting to read in the International Herald Tribune this week
| about Microsoft hitting a 'crisis of confidence' with its new Vista
| operating system.
|
| [...]
|
| Sounds familiar? Your bet - it's almost an exact re-run of the
| security issues that affected Windows XP in its earliest days.
|
| Microsoft wouldn't be using its Vista users - as it did with XP -
| as guinea pigs, now would it?...
`----
http://securityblog.itproportal.com/?p=646
Life with Vista - Is this dogfood really for the dogs?
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| # Vista is not ready for primetime. By that I mean that Vista still
| feels like a beta. That's right. It has so many compatibility
| problems with existing applications that running anything other
| than stuff from Microsoft that specifically says "for Vista Build
| XXXX" makes me feel like I'm taking my life into my own hands.
|
| 1. Games - don't even get me started...
|
| 2. Visual Studio 2005 - I can't find the words to express the irony...
|
| 3. Virtual PC - worthless. Don't even attempt on Vista.
`----
http://dotnetaddict.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/vista_dogfood.htm
Windows Vista: More Work in Progress
,----[ Quote ]
| Yes, much as I like Vista, it feels very much like a work in progress.
| The list of potential gotchas gets longer every time I look. Microsoft
| Update is one mechanism for getting stuff compatible with Windows Vista.
| But how long and at what cost to Microsoft and its partners? If there's
| a silver lining it may be the good business for the channel, because
| somebody is going to have advise on this stuff or fix it.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/windows_vista_more_work_in_progress.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/yb4t43
Vista: Behind the scenes
,----[ Quote ]
| Some of the glitches were already known. Many were things that have
| already been fixed, and a few were too new and need investigating.
| None appeared to be a show-stopper.
`---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590_22-6133491.html
Analysts: Microsoft Changes Meaning Of 'Release Candidate'
,----[ Quote ]
| Two industry watchers say Microsoft is corrupting the term, leading to
| major confusion among customers and others about whether the operating
| system is truly ready to evaluate.
|
| Two analysts Thursday accused Microsoft Corp. of changing the meaning
| of "release candidate" by pushing out a version of Windows Vista that
| still needs major work.
|
| [...]
|
| Joe Wilcox, an analyst with JupiterResearch, said that Microsoft's
| corrupted the term.
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192700055&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
Vista Breaks Applications
,----[ Quote ]
| The big secret at Redmond is that existing applications and new
| products will not work with Vista.
|
| Microsoft really doesn't want you to know this, but many of your
| existing applications won't work with Vista. In fact, some brand
| new products won't work with Vista.
`----
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2062318,00.asp
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2237
Lack of Internal Talks at Microsoft, Google
,----[ Quote ]
| Maybe my "Microsoft's Entertainment Domination" theory was a bit
| premature. Apparently, the Zune MP3 player isn't flying off shelves
| and now it turns out that the Zune is incompatible with Microsoft'
| latest Windows Vista operating system. Amazing how a disconnect like
| this can occur within an organization. Software start-ups are taking
| advantage of the lowered development costs and the speedy development
| time -- and forcing large software organizations to speed up their
| own development cycles, but in the process, the large organizations
| are fumbling to communicate effectively amongst their departments.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/15/lack-of-internal-talks-at-microsoft-google/
Vista Issues Bedevil Firefox
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| According to the release notes of Firefox 2.0.0.1, the edition
| issued Tuesday, the browser hasn't yet been given the all-clear
| for Vista. Among problems still on the list: Firefox cannot be
| set as the default browser in Vista, and updates may fail if the
| application is installed to a directory other than the default.
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http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=196701481
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