Slashdot has a posting about How Vista Disappoints. It's typical Slashdot flame bait kind of stuff. But I did really like this comment:
"The problem is, most of the actual features were ripped out and mothballed, while most of the anti-features were left in. For features you get a graphics card accelerated UI, some security enhancements that reviewers claim are really annoying and poorly implemented, Some dev tool improvements, and that is about it. For anti-features you get DRM restricting use of your data, intentionally crippled OpenGL performance, a built-in proprietary replacement for the open PDF standard in an attempt to lock you in even more, etc. You do get indexed files (done less well than Google desktop or OS X), you don't get a database file system, you don't get resolution independent UI, you don't get a usable shell environment, etc. All the reasons to get it were ripped out while all the reasons to avoid it were left in. This makes sense for Microsoft. You have to buy a new computer eventually so you'll be forced to buy a copy of Vista bundled with it, regardless of the feature set. It just sucks donkey balls for users."
And I got a pointer to this wonderful video of "Microsoft Vista feature presentation with the video replaced by a OSX desktop".
3 comments:
It's very hard to tell on what side of the Microsoft debate you are on.
Thanks, I try to be objective :) They do a number of things well, but innovation and shipping things on time are not their strengths. From what's been published so far about Vista and comparing that to OSX I think mac is doing favorably well, but let's compare apples to apples (no pun intended) and wait for it to ship.
I also do think they've been bad as a monopoly but I don't really know what a good remedy for that would be.
I have never been Microsoft basher but as a satisfied Linux user for some time now, I have to say, I just do not care about Windows (including Vista) anymore. Unless it is available for free :)
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