Vista - Re: Aus. PC World: No good reason to upgrade to Vista

03-19-2008

They didn't repaint XP, they did a very poor body off restore/update.
Yoo bad they did a poor job.
Instead of increasing the value, they decreased it.
They took a 59 Caddy and restored it with parts from a 73 Chevette.

"Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "At the end of the decade, when Microsoft's executives look back at the
> debacle that was Windows Vista, they'll see that simply slapping a fresh
> coat of paint on an otherwise aging Windows architecture wasn't enough to
> fool anybody. Let's hope they also realize that, as with any major
> update, they needed to make their case to IT. Focusing on consumers while
> ignoring their enterprise customers, and assuming IT shops would simply
> fall in line, was no way to execute a platform migration."
>
> http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index....;1;fp;2;fpid;2
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> This is an interesting article that will put to rest any nagging doubts
> experienced by those who have opted to stick with XP.
>
> Charlie

03-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
Not Me n/a posts	Re: Aus. PC World: No good reason to upgrade to Vista They didn't repaint XP, they did a very poor body off restore/update. Yoo bad they did a poor job. Instead of increasing the value, they decreased it. They took a 59 Caddy and restored it with parts from a 73 Chevette. "Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes@xxxxxx> wrote in message newsan.2008.03.19.01.16.12@xxxxxx Quote: > "At the end of the decade, when Microsoft's executives look back at the > debacle that was Windows Vista, they'll see that simply slapping a fresh > coat of paint on an otherwise aging Windows architecture wasn't enough to > fool anybody. Let's hope they also realize that, as with any major > update, they needed to make their case to IT. Focusing on consumers while > ignoring their enterprise customers, and assuming IT shops would simply > fall in line, was no way to execute a platform migration." > > http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index....;1;fp;2;fpid;2 > ________________________________________________________________________ > > This is an interesting article that will put to rest any nagging doubts > experienced by those who have opted to stick with XP. > > Charlie
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