____/ Mark Kent on Friday 20 July 2007 08:03 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ AB on Thursday 19 July 2007 18:41 : \____
>>
>>> On 2007-07-19, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 19 July 2007 17:13 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Richard Rasker <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>>
>>>>> <snip typical Vista woes>
>>>>>
>>>>>> So, does anyone know of people who actually had no serious trouble with
>>>>>> Vista?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've not heard a single person have anything positive to say about it,
>>>>> nor have I seen any evidence of independent positive views on it. I've
>>>>> asked around a lot, too.
>>>>
>>>> I've not met a single person that actually uses Vista. Those who use
>>>> Windows barely know anything about Vista. They just watch ads. it's
>>>> brainwash, not truth, that gets into their minds.
>>>
>>> I personally know a few people that are scared to death of it. They ask
>>> me what I think they should do. I tell them to either learn to live
>>> with the problems they know in XP, and to expect no updates for
>>> anything in it at some point in the future, or to start getting used to
>>> Mac or linux.
>>
>> Of course they are scared of it. A graveyard of games and apps. And that's
>> just the beginning. The the equivalent of digital preservation at execution
>> level. Since there is no source code or maintainer for old software, then
>> emulation/virtualisation is the only way to go and it's extremely
>> cumbersome. It also leads to fragmentation. I have one friend who has been
>> collecting computer games since we were children. How do you think he would
>> feel about Vista?
>>
>> Again, that's just the compatibility debate. Vista has far greater problems
>> that you could write entire books about. To most people, however, it's
>> simpler
>> than this. It's just a name ("Vista") and some interface called Aero Glass.
>>
>
> My school's support chap has tried it and is totally unimpressed. He's
> looking at Edubuntu as the future.
Tell him that XP is no more in Microsoft's eyes (no rope to grasp), that Vista
won't be 'fixed' any time soon, and that the outlook beyond Vista is
uncertain. Microsoft refuses to talk about it. It's a perfect situation and
time to leave Microsoft, which promised (or at least stated)) that Longhorn
would be released in 2003 and promise everything from everywhere (even WinFS).
Lies, delays, smoke, vapour(ware) and mirrors. No wonder CIOs are actively
evaluating Linux and countries see the appeal of OpenDocument format (which
has had many wins recently).
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