Trust me on this
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| # “(Vista has) no new features” - None at all. For the last 5 years, everyone
| at Microsoft went on a cooking course. Thus had to drop features to make
| time for icing on the cake.
|
| # “(Vista has) no speed boost” - A dedicated performance team inside the
| Windows development division focused solely on how to improve Solitaire’s
| frame rate.
|
| # “Microsoft provided these programs in the ‘Ultimate’ version of Vista as a
| weak attempt to compete with Apple’s iLife software suite.” - The biggest
| Windows Vista secret yet to be revealed is a home productivity suite.
| Because Robert has obviously used it.
|
| [...]
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http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061113/trust-vista-robert-rittmuller/
The Edsel of operating systems.
Related:
Linux Devs, Architects Talk Open Source at Collaboration Summit
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| Acceptance of the Linux open source operating system has been rising for
| years. However, the last six to nine months have seen tremendous development
| of the Linux desktop, according to the Linux Foundation's Amanda McPherson.
| That progress is remarkable compared to the six years it took Microsoft to
| get from Windows XP to Windows Vista, she added.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57947.html
Vista: They took five years for this?
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| I was thus prepared for low-key peformance with lots of eye candy. I
| was disappointed.
|
| [...]
|
| Before I installed Vista, I checked the hardware by installing a
| Linux distribution - that's something which I do with every box I
| build. This time I used PCLinuxOS and incidentally noticed that it
| has much to recommend.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13114&Itemid=1091
>From the ‘I’m glad I’m not a Vista salesperson’ files
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| What do you think Microsoft’s Vista marketing team can and should do to
| end customer confusion and uncertainty around Vista?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=528
Don't wait for Vista SP1, pleads Microsoft
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| "Some customers may be waiting to adopt Windows Vista because they've heard
| rumors about device or application compatibility issues, or because they
| think they should wait for a service pack release," the company said in a
| newsletter.
|
| [...]
|
| No wonder the company needs a "fact-rich program" to convince people why they
| should "proceed with confidence" -- its own announcements must have given
| plenty of business IT managers shaky legs.
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http://apcmag.com/6458/dont_wait_for_vista_sp1_pleads_microsoft
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