__/ [ mlw ] on Thursday 11 January 2007 13:47 \__
> Has anyone looked at what Vista is supposed to be? Has anyone seen
> *anything* new? Seriously, *anything*?
>
> Between Eric F's "Windows Home Server" (Which, by the way, Eric, you need
> to get back to me about the Linux version development specs and contract.)
> Or the Yahoo instant messager nonsense, I am left feeling WTF? What is
> Vista supposed to be?
>
> Most of the "new" visual features are nothing more than adding existing
> effects and techniques to the OS level GUI because 3d acceleration is now
> guaranteed to be present. While admittedly cool to look at, a tremendous
> waste of resources without any tangible benefits. Do you need that in the
> server room? Do you really need that in the office? It makes
> run-of-the-mill PCs more expensive.
>
> Lets not even get started about how f*&^ked the DRM/CRAP stuff is.
>
> Like a broken clock being right twice a day, Microsoft has occasionally
> produced something interesting in the past, albeit, usually by copying true
> innovation and adding something small, like the "start" button on Windows,
> but Vista doesn't even deliver on that level.
>
> Vista seems like nothing more than XP with a 3D accelerated GUI, and DRM up
> your ass.
>
> Am I missing something? Someone please give me something that Vista can
> claim as really original and "INNOVA~1."
>
> Yup, maybe this is the year that people start seeing M$ for what it is, a
> burden on the computer industry, and switch to Macintosh or Linux. I don't
> see much choice, Vista won't run on most current PCs anyway.
Microsoft /did/ have some innovation planned, but none of it materialised.
One guy who is actually bullish about MSFT explained it rather well.
Microsoft's New Look in 2007
,----[ Quote ]
| Well, XP lasted five years, so a Vista world could very well be
| five to seven years from today, so that is a long time and a
| lot can happen to predict. But Microsoft basically proved that
| it was incapable of producing a new release. Nearly all of the
| goals of Vista were not achieved. They kept cutting back, kept
| cutting back, and so this is like -- Vista today is more like SP4.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2007/01/04/microsofts-new-look-in-2007.aspx?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
http://tinyurl.com/yygv3w
Look back and think about the pillar. Ignore the minor details that fit
bulletpoints because none of these cannot be obtained using third-party
addons. Looks (speudo-Aero Glass) included. Its the foundation which
counts... think KVM in the Linux kernel, for example. Even ext4...
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