Vista owners beware

[alexander]

Originally Posted by Pyro

actually, I got an inferior solution.

Whats inferior about windows again?

[Pyrotex]

Originally Posted by alexander

Whats inferior about windows again?

What???
You missed The Tonight Show special last week???
You didn't see

"The Top Ten Reasons Why Windows is Inferior"???

Hint: number 7 was, "The Blue Screen of Death".

[alexander]

no i did not actually, would have been interesting though, i can see already

[Boerseun]

Read on a random page on the net in the last couple'o days that the Vista code was shown to be 6,000 per cent bigger than needed!

This points to one thing only: Sloppy programming.

Problem with all of Microsoft's products is that it's driven by salespeople committing themselves to delivery dates. The programmers then come from behind saying things like "Hey, dude - the schedule is simply too tight; we'll never be able to do this!" And the salespeople, of course, says "Never fear, dear friends! We'll deliver crappy software and then eventually drop a Service Pack to cover our sloppy tracks!"

The result, of course, is that code gets duplicated, ending up in things like Vista being overinflated to the point of ridiculousness.

Did you know, for instance, that Windows98 was simply a fix for Windows95?

- But, of course, Microshaft had you pay for it. Same with Vista. Vista is simply an incredibly sloppy fix for XP, with more bells and whistles that can break, where MS expects you to pay for software which simply fixes and patches the crap you paid for a few years ago, in any case.

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by CoumputerWorld UK

The majority of IT professionals worry that migrating to Windows Vista will make their networks less stable and more complex, according to a new survey.

Ninety percent of 961 IT professionals surveyed said they have concerns about migrating to Vista and more than half said they have no plans to deploy Vista.

"The concerns about Vista specified by participants were overwhelmingly related to stability. Stability in general was frequently cited, as well as compatibility with the business software that would need to run on Vista," said Diane Hagglund of King Research, which conducted the survey for systems management vendor Kace. "Cost was also cited as a concern by some respondents."

The survey, echoing one from Forrester last week, shows most IT professionals are worried about Vista and that 44% have considered non-Windows operating systems, such as Linux and Macintosh, to avoid the Microsoft migration.

More here...

Vista reminds me of the problem that Ford had with the tires on its Explorer series....

[alexander]

c1ay, i would equate it to the cruise control problems on that infamous Ford Exproler... whe cars just butst into flames out of nowhere in the middle of a trip

[Pyrotex]

Originally Posted by alexander

Lol ... Windows vs Linux debate and on that topic i have found a well-written article detailing a view on software that most people just dont think about, read it here:
Windows Is Free (A TLUG Article)

Excellent article! Bravo! Huzzah! Gorganzola! Spot on! Frabjoice!

[alexander]

lol you are probably the only person here who actually read it, it really is spot on..!

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by alexander

c1ay, i would equate it to the cruise control problems on that infamous Ford Exproler... whe cars just butst into flames out of nowhere in the middle of a trip

Nah: more like the Chevy Corvair which if it did not randomly flip over on you, was probably pumping carbon monoxide into your system every time you drove...

Unsafe at any speed,
Buffy

[DFINITLYDISTRUBD]

Nah: more like the Chevy Corvair which if it did not randomly flip over on you, was probably pumping carbon monoxide into your system every time you drove...

I'm assuming you meant the van version.

My dads sedan simply burst into flames at a stop light!