OT: Another Vista-bashing thread

riredale wrote on 9/21/2007, 2:02 PM

Not really, but thought you all would find this interesting. Microsoft has apparently told vendors that it's okay to offer an XP "downgrade" in order to sell systems.

Very happy here with XPpro, and I've "downgraded" all our systems to run XPpro.

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Coursedesign wrote on 10/23/2007, 3:44 PM

Perhaps Ken Calhoun could offer a special price on a course in trading Microsoft puts?

I think Microsoft's greatest threat today is not Linux or Mac OS or any other platform.

Their #1 threat is their internal bureaucracy built up by Ballmer. 25,000 middle managers who make sure that nothing of substance happens without each one of them getting a chance to put their mark on it. End result = nothing can be done in a reasonable time frame, and their smartest developers leave as they see the writing on the wall.

This bureaucracy already destroyed Vista, and is now busy impeding progress everywhere else.

Xander wrote on 10/23/2007, 4:48 PM

My company made an organisational change. Twelve people used to have a discussion and vote. Now twelve people have an opinion and one has a vote.

fuddam wrote on 10/24/2007, 2:08 PM

well, FWIW, a fresh self-install of vista 64 business on my new laptop, and all has been smooth sailing, for both 7d and 8a

also, plays the new COD4 demo very well. am quite surprised & pleased.

Is a T7700 / 2.4ghz cpu, 2GB, 8600GT 512MB vid, 160GB 7200rpm, 1680 x 1050 beastie, 15.4", 2.7kg

:D

Harold Brown wrote on 10/24/2007, 4:59 PM

Some companies are running Oracle EBIS application servers using Linux and saving $$. I know I am tired of paying for those 25,000 middle managers!!

Coursedesign wrote on 10/24/2007, 6:42 PM

Oracle's latest 11g was released for Linux BEFORE it was released for Windows.

Ballmer should be afraid. He may be.