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Re: [News] Microsoft Apologist Disappointed with Vista, Looks Elsewhere

On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:51:35 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:39:25 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> Uninspiring Vista
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| How Microsoft's long-awaited operating system disappointed a stubborn fan. 
>>| 
>>| For most of the last two decades, I have been a Microsoft apologist. I 
>>| mean, not merely a contented user of the company's operating systems and 
>>| software, not just a fan, but a champion.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/17992/page1/
>> 
>> I have just read about Microsoft dropping FireWire support in Vista. How
>> convenient!
> 
> You read wrong.
> 
> The only thing related to firewire that was dropped was Firewire
> networking, that is hooking two machines together via firewire and
> communicating over TCP/IP.  This is something almost nobody was using.
> 
> Firewire is fully supported in all other ways in Vista.  I bet you knew
> that, though, and were just lying again.

Roy Schestowitz, the perpetual student at Manchester University lying?
Why should that surprise you?



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