Will the real Steve Ballmer please stand up?
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| On October 1st, in an interview with the London Times, Microsoft's CEO
| declared social networking was a fad -- the kind that appealed to younger
| people.
|
| [...]
|
| Like it or not, and regardless of what Microsoft's Ballmer may really think,
| Facebook was worth the bet.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/why-facebook-worth-bet-microsoft/story.aspx?guid=%7B3CA71583%2D2706%2D48A2%2D9B8D%2DB5C81D96D825%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/38x842
Later Ballmer wonders why Google is so much ahead of Microsoft.
Vista is another disaster that will cost Microsoft a lot in terms of control
and trust.
Lessons learned from Vista
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| The two main problems Microsoft seems set on avoiding with the next version
| of Windows, dubbed Windows 7, are fewer architectural changes to Windows
| itself and more realistic release schedule.
|
| The amount of significant changes to the core OS were blamed for many of
| Vista's delays, as well as many of the compatibility problems with existing
| products. While Microsoft doesn't regret making these changes to Vista (well,
| so they say), they are not making changes on that scale with Windows 7.
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http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/14/lessons-learned-from-vista/
Vista: Even the packaging needs instructions
http://vistavitals.blogspot.com/2007/11/vista-even-packaging-needs-instructions.html
Related:
Gabe Newell: DirectX 10 for Vista was a mistake
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| In an interview with heise online, Gabe Newell, president of Valve Software,
| said that Microsoft made a terrible mistake releasing DirectX 10 for Vista
| only and excluding Windows XP. He said this decision affected the whole
| industry as so far only a very small percentage of players can use DirectX
| 10.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/94869/from/rss09
Wrong spelling in Vista, LOL!
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| I just did a Reliability and Performance Monitor collection and Data
| evaluation. I looked at Resource overview and noticed a spelling msitake, it
| said Resouce Monitor.
| Check yourselves.
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http://www.jcxp.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=19939
Old:
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| I'm sure there's a whole team of UI designers, programmers, and
| testers who worked very hard on the OFF button in Windows Vista,
| but seriously, is this the best you could come up with?
|
| Image of the menu in Windows Vista for turning off the computer
|
| Every time you want to leave your computer, you have to choose
| between nine, count them, nine options: two icons and seven menu
| items.
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/21.html
Why I Abandoned Windows Vista
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| As some of you may know, I'm a big Windows evangelist and was eagerly
| looking forward to using Windows Vista.
|
| [...]
|
| This is Microsoft's own software and it doesn?t work with their
| operating system. Helloooooooo! What's wrong with this picture?
|
| In the end, I've been forced to exchange my new laptop with one
| running trusty old Windows XP. It's the only time in my life I
| can remember not having the latest operating system and the only
| time I've ever had to pay extra to downgrade!
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http://digiphoto.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/21/why-i-abandoned-windows-vista/
Perspective: Why Microsoft is wrong on Vista security
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| The net-net is that the user is demonstrably less safe as compared to
| during the XP days, when security vendors could use their advanced
| behavioral features.
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http://news.com.com/Why+Microsoft+is+wrong+on+Vista+security/2010-7349_3-6123924.html
http://tinyurl.com/fdhzw
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