Comments on: Vista Nation http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/technology/vista-nation/ Blog that talks. Word Scrawl is a blog maintained by Amanda M Roberts to advise and inform on the matters of the world. Word Scrawl is built to serve you. Subscribe to Word Scrawl because we let the word speak. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:42:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/technology/vista-nation/#comment-12 Mike Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:28:03 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/technology/vista-nation/#comment-12 First, MS says we have until June 30, 2008 for XP licenses. Second, don't bite the hand that makes Linux possible. If not for the WinTel platform, you wouldn't have the opportunity to install Ubuntu or other flavor of Linux. You probably wouldn't have Linux in the first place. See, the PC market was developed by Compaq when they cloned the IBM PC way back when. Intel provided the procs and MS the OS. Companies by what works for them and that's the WinTel platform. Right or wrong, WinTel developed the industry. Apple, Commodore, Sinclair, Tandy - they all had competing products and they all did a lot more than the stodgy WinTel platform. But WinTel drives business and most people are exposed to PCs through their workplace. When they want a computer, they're going to go with what they already know. And it's not Linux or Apple - it's Windows. Granted, Linux had a lot going for it. I'm typing on a dual-boot Tablet PC right now. It works well under both OSes and I frequently stay in Gutsy Gibbon all day. But when I want to play a game, I'm booting Windows. There's no gaming to be found on either Apple or Linux in the quantity or quality as the Windows platform. Frankly, I don't think that anyone who isn't already abreast of Vista and it's issues cares. They'll go to Best Buy or WalMart and buy whatever is on sale. We're the niche market, gang. We're the minority. And while Vista isn't being adopted all that quickly, neither was 2000 or XP. Business moves slowly. I recall XP had serious Group Policy issues when dealing with a NT domain and, to a lesser extent, a 2000 domain. What the resultant set of policies was for a 2K client was different in an XP client. That really slowed the adoption for a bunch of businesses. First, MS says we have until June 30, 2008 for XP licenses. Second, don’t bite the hand that makes Linux possible. If not for the WinTel platform, you wouldn’t have the opportunity to install Ubuntu or other flavor of Linux. You probably wouldn’t have Linux in the first place.
See, the PC market was developed by Compaq when they cloned the IBM PC way back when. Intel provided the procs and MS the OS. Companies by what works for them and that’s the WinTel platform. Right or wrong, WinTel developed the industry. Apple, Commodore, Sinclair, Tandy - they all had competing products and they all did a lot more than the stodgy WinTel platform. But WinTel drives business and most people are exposed to PCs through their workplace. When they want a computer, they’re going to go with what they already know. And it’s not Linux or Apple - it’s Windows.
Granted, Linux had a lot going for it. I’m typing on a dual-boot Tablet PC right now. It works well under both OSes and I frequently stay in Gutsy Gibbon all day. But when I want to play a game, I’m booting Windows. There’s no gaming to be found on either Apple or Linux in the quantity or quality as the Windows platform.
Frankly, I don’t think that anyone who isn’t already abreast of Vista and it’s issues cares. They’ll go to Best Buy or WalMart and buy whatever is on sale.
We’re the niche market, gang. We’re the minority. And while Vista isn’t being adopted all that quickly, neither was 2000 or XP. Business moves slowly. I recall XP had serious Group Policy issues when dealing with a NT domain and, to a lesser extent, a 2000 domain. What the resultant set of policies was for a 2K client was different in an XP client.
That really slowed the adoption for a bunch of businesses.

]]> By: Syed Balkhi http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/technology/vista-nation/#comment-9 Syed Balkhi Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:00:01 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/technology/vista-nation/#comment-9 This step taken by microsoft is maybe smart product marketing, but they will face severe consequences for making this move because many people will move to iMac and linux as it is already happening because Vista is just a copy of apple and microsoft did not do a very good job in copying iMac. This step taken by microsoft is maybe smart product marketing, but they will face severe consequences for making this move because many people will move to iMac and linux as it is already happening because Vista is just a copy of apple and microsoft did not do a very good job in copying iMac.

]]> By: boogerman http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/technology/vista-nation/#comment-8 boogerman Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:23:56 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/technology/vista-nation/#comment-8 I have also switched to a Linux based OS after enduring the Micro$oft BS for far too long.MS can take Windows (any version) and drop in into the nearest Black Hole,where it belongs. I have also switched to a Linux based OS after enduring the Micro$oft BS for far too long.MS can take Windows (any version) and drop in into the nearest Black Hole,where it belongs.

]]> By: bayoujim http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/technology/vista-nation/#comment-7 bayoujim Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:02:11 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/technology/vista-nation/#comment-7 Microsoft told me two weeks ago that the XP that I bought in 2003 had been activated too many times and I could not activate it anymore. Because of all the Windows crashes and hardware failures I reinstalled it many times over the years. Now I am using Ubuntu Linux and I am at peace with myself.I will never use another Microsoft product. No matter what! Microsoft told me two weeks ago that the XP that I bought in 2003 had been activated too many times and I could not activate it anymore. Because of all the Windows crashes and hardware failures I reinstalled it many times over the years.

Now I am using Ubuntu Linux and I am at peace with myself.I will never use another Microsoft product. No matter what!

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