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[News] [Rival] More of Microsoft's new acknowledgement that Vista has failed

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] More of Microsoft's new acknowledgement that Vista has failed
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:43:12 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Ballmer's secret plan to inseminate world with Vista

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| Maybe the news got lost in the hubbub surrounding Microsoft's offer to buy 
| Yahoo, but last week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer finally admitted the company 
| needs to do a better job marketing Windows Vista. To demonstrate Microsoft's 
| new marketing plan with a visual metaphor, Ballmer and Co. hired circus 
| performers to dress as sperm, wriggling their way into a giant blue egg, 
| which could stand for the earth -- the world of IT.     
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http://valleywag.com/352772/ballmers-secret-plan-to-inseminate-world-with-vista

I Hate Windows Vista-Sercurity Pop-Ups

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| Even when you're opening Windows calendar, you're not safe from Windows 
| Vista's Security pop-ups 
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http://hypertechninja.com/2008/02/05/i-hate-windows-vista-sercurity-pop-ups/


Related:

Holy Crap: Did Bill Gates Just Say Windows Sucks?

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| We asked a simple question: what Microsoft product could have used a little 
| more polish before release? The answer astounded us. We would just like to 
| thank Bill Gates for his honesty and his openness.  
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http://gizmodo.com/342920/holy-crap-did-bill-gates-just-say-windows-sucks


Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista

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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to 
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the 
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.  
|
| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and 
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based 
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and 
| Lenovo. 
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said. 
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579


Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieu

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| Michael Sievert, Corporate Vice President for Windows Product Marketing, is 
| moving on, according to multiple sources of mine. 
| 
| It’s hard to make the case that Sievert, who was responsible for the 
| worldwide introduction of Windows Vista, isn’t being pushed for the 
| less-than-enthusiastic public perception of Microsoft’s latest version of 
| Windows. Even though Microsoft has moved 100-million-plus copies of Vista, 
| many consumers and businesses still consider the new release buggy, sluggish 
| and incompatible with existing software and drivers.     
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1158


Vista's Upgrade: Not Worth the Wait

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| Although Microsoft has reported solid sales of Vista, a lot of copies went to 
| corporations that tried the program for a few weeks, then downgraded to XP. 
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_05/b4069000450184.htm?campaign_id=yhoo


Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Beta

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| Windows lives and dies by its service packs. I can't recall the last initial 
| release of any Windows product that didn't have at least some problems. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| Still, given that Vista is essentially a rewrite of XP meant to enhance 
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| security (and, of course, media features), I'm not surprised to see Microsoft  
| take this route for the service pack. 
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2192546,00.asp


Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista not for pirates

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| Although, unlike previous Windows versions, Vista is not available as an 
| activation-free version, a number of more or less effective methods were 
| quickly found to run Vista without activation. However, this is soon to end. 
| According to Microsoft, Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista closes two 
| vulnerabilities which previously enabled operation of Vista without a 
| license.     
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/100006/from/rss09


Vista SP1 a Performance Dud

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| After extensive testing of both RTM and SP1-patched versions of Windows 
| Vista, it seems clear that the hoped-for performance fixes that Microsoft has 
| been hinting at never materialized. Vista + SP1 is no faster than Vista from 
| the RTM image.   
| 
| Bottom Line: If you've been disappointed with the performance of Windows 
| Vista to date, get used to it. SP1 is simply not the panacea that many 
| predicted. In the end, it's Vista's architecture - not a lack of tuning or 
| bug fixes - that makes it perform so poorly on systems that 
| were "barn-burners" under Windows XP.    
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http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/11/vista-sp1-performance-dud.html


Vista SP1 won't sacrifice security for compatibility

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| Vista SP1 will include a significant number of "proactive" security changes, 
| DeVaan said. These do not represent fixes for specific vulnerabilities, 
| instead they represent Microsoft's efforts to head off potential threats.  
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14224&Itemid=1054

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