Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Blog: Should Microsoft Throw Away Vista?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Throw Vista away. That's what many have now argued that Microsoft should do.
>| Give it a dignified resting place, as a stepping-stone OS, and come up with a
>| replacement that's more sensible for enterprise IT. There is historical
>| precedent in the consumer OS space for such a move; look at Windows ME and
>| how it became a footnote in Microsoft history.
>|
>| "Microsoft should toss Vista in the trash, as the company did with Windows
>| Millennium eight years ago, then issue a Windows XP Second Edition (as it did
>| with Windows 98 eight years ago) that capitalizes on some of Vista's key
>| benefits.
> `----
>
> http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;1952707477
>
>
Except that there aren't really any key benefits. There is nothing in
Vista which cannot be done in XP which people actually *want* to do.
The only sane upgrade route now is onto Linux, or as some folk are
doing, onto Mac, but it should be noted that the Mac is not an open
platform.
--
| mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
| Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ |
| Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ |
| Open platforms prevent vendor lock-in. Own your Own services! |
|
|