____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 05 March 2008 07:34 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Jerry McBride on Tuesday 04 March 2008 17:05 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dell Pointed Out Vista Mistakes, Internal Documents Show
>>>>
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>>>> | Last-minute changes to Windows Vista broke drivers, forcing key hardware
>>>> | vendors to "limp out with issues" when the OS launched last year,
>>>> | according to a presentation by Dell Corp. that was made public this
>>>> | week.
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http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18002573FE006B7266.html?ref=technology
>>>>
>>>> Very responsible.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So... that's it? They are writing off VISTA as a "poor communication
>>> problem", not fixable in the short term... but... You just wait for windows
>>> 7, that one's gonna work real good....
>>>
>>> They must be on crack or something...
>>
>> I'm not sure if Windows 7 development has even properly begun yet (Microsoft
>> suggested recently that it hasn't). Since Windows 7, which will be developed
>> in India by the way, is a Vista 'derivative', this requires fixing Vista
>> first. It's all a bit of a maze of uncertainty for all I can tell.
>>
>
> The fix for vista is to throw it away, and pick up a free kernel, and
> start from scratch.
Microsoft has just released Singularity as shared source (or whatever they
choose to call "open" in attempt to subvert accepted definitions). This means
that their attempt to start from scratch (it started several years back and
quite secretly so) wasn't quite so fruitful.
Microsoft is more interested at the moment in taxing its competition, using
software patents. It knows it's losing, so it's evolving (devolving rather) to
become a leech, a troll.
It's idiots (pardon the strong word) like Novell and Xandros that take the
money and enable this to become a /partial/ reality. Earlier today I read a
good analysis from a good authority which says Red Hat will never cave,
especially after the taxoperability program (2 weeks ago). Microsoft made a
mistake, shot itself in the foot, and escaped no EU fines (for which it did
this charade in the first place).
I think Microsoft is in trouble. Not because of Apple. Not because of the EU.
Not because of the recession. Why? Ask Ballmer. He'll gladly tell you:
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
|
| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Linux makes it impossible for Microsoft to crack down on copyrights
infringement of Windows and Office. OpenOffice.org also... Wine is a killer to
them.
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