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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Worked on Biggest Disappointment of 2007 for 6 Years

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Worked on Biggest Disappointment of 2007 for 6 Years
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:15:45 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Vista: even six years isn't enough

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| How many years does it take to create an operating system that works? How 
| many people does it  take to do the work - in other words, how many manhours 
| does this task consume? Would Microsoft like to cast some light on this?  
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15925/1148/

"Linux is a very complete and sophisticated operating system. And there is a
lot of work being done to improve it in and of itself, particularly to make it
easier to use and easier for people to set up on their personal computers."
 
               --Paul Maritz, senior vice-president, Microsoft


Related:

10 Worst Tech Products of 2007

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| Windows Vista: Where to begin? Vista arrived in stores months late, forced 
| untold thousands of users to upgrade their hardware, made mincemeat of 
| software and drivers that worked perfectly well in XP, ended up lacking many 
| of the bold-faced features we'd been promised, and came saddled with new and 
| annoying set of video DRM schemes. At least Vista now boasts an option for 
| downgrading back to XP.     
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http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/9908


The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007

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| #1. No Wow, No How: Windows Vista
| 
| Five years in the making and this is the best Microsoft could do? 
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140583-page,5-c,techindustrytrends/article.html


Vista makes the list as one of the top-10 worst consumer tech products of all
time

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| Pretty bad. But top ten of all time? That's mighty impressive. 
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9823042-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad


Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report 

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| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
| 
| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125

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