Joop Beris wrote:
On Wednesday 05 November 2008, Fred A. Miller wrote:
If Windows 7 is more of the same, then maybe it's time to conclude that Windows is a technology dead end. Last spring, Gartner warned that Microsoft had to radically change Windows or watch it fade into irrelevancy. Windows 7 is not that radical change.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/04/45FE-windows-7-dead-end_1.html?so urce=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-11-04
While the article is an interesting read, I would hesitate to write off Windows just yet. Personally I felt that Microsoft had taken a wrong turn with the release of Windows XP. For me, there was no compelling reason to upgrade from Windows 2000 to XP. Furthermore, I was suddenly treated like a criminal, with having to activate something which I legally obtained, Windows Genuine Disadvantage, DRM, etc. Add to that the kindergarten-like interface (yes, I know how to change it), I ditched Windows shortly after the release of XP SP2. (Though I still have to support it at work). I was spending more time keeping my computers safe and running than actually doing work with my computers.
'Common problem.
Right now, I see no compelling reason for people to switch from XP to Vista. If Wndows is more of the same, I doubt there will be compelling reasons for me to consider using 7.
I think the proper description for "7" will be a more "polished" 'Bloze.
However, Windows is (unfortunately) everywhere. Many businesses depend on it.
Ignorance, and it has run amok for a very long time.
Switching to something else is difficult for them, if only because management doesn't know an alternative. I don't doubt for a second that you could run your entire company on Linux/OSS. But try to convince a manager of that and they won't know how to handle it. It's free to use and it's better?
All true, but as long as bean counters control IT in most businesses, the status quo will be the primary consideration. I do think that there's a reasonable chance that will change, however, in the near future, at least here in the US because ALL businesses are now going to suffer increases in taxes that they've never had before. I see Linux rising in the enterprise like never before.
Impossible! If it was that great, everybody would use it. Try to argue with that... It's just too much of a paradigm shift for them.
Windows has been declared dead before. Should I now follow the tangent that uses Windows' supposed death as an explanation for all the bugs? Nah, too easy.
Hehehehehe....but true none the less.
I'm just not holding my breath. Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy to see Windows fade to irrelevance. However, I just don't see that happening yet.
Pessismist? Well, pessimists are just well-informed optimists, or so I'm told.
Just my opinion, of course!
Yep....we all have them. As much as I hate a commie being Pres. of the US, I think his policies will help Linux simply because business as well as users won't be able to afford to use anything else. Fred -- "Politicians and diapers need to be changed regularly -- and for the same reason." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org