Windows XP and the importance of listening to customers
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| But none of this means that I'm going to give my blanket agreement to every
| decision Microsoft makes. In this case, I object to Microsoft's plan, not
| because Vista is so awful, but rather, because ignoring customers is so
| wrong.
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http://www.ericsink.com/entries/Save_Windows_XP.html
Apple is no angel either with its love for DRM and vendor lock-in...
Apple’s incompatible filesystem
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| What I don’t get is why didn’t they just stick with a standard UNIX-like file
| system? Wouldn’t this have: (a) made less work and (b) ensured UNIX
| compatibility?
|
| Or is that my answer? Did Apple not want UNIX compatibility? On a number of
| occasions (and with a number of devices), I have had to deal with
| incompatibilities on the part of Apple. And the more I deal with it, the more
| I start feeling like Apple is like Windows back in the 90s — when I was
| struggling to get any given version of Windows to talk with Linux.
| Ultimately, I won that battle. But the OS X battle seems to be one that might
| be more of a challenge, and that is disturbing.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=191
Recent:
Microsoft's Response to 75,000 XP Sigs: "Meh"
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| The crowd yells, "Let XP live!" The skinny guy fidgets, and responds, "Um,
| we need more feedback."
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| Yes, this is Microsoft PR at its best, folks.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/02/07/microsofts-response-to-75000-xp-sigs-meh
Related:
Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
|
| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
Windows Vista: Sold but not deployed
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| Microsoft says it remains happy with enterprise sales of Vista -- however,
| the software behemoth acknowledges that many businesses which have bought
| Vista licences are yet to deploy the software.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Windows-Vista-Sold-but-not-deployed/0,130061733,339284495,00.htm
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