[Pc_Support] Fun in the Microsoft world

[Patrick]

On Friday 24 March 2006 15:07, Damien McKenna wrote:
> Some amusing news this week from the world of MSFT.
>
> First off it is announced that Windows Vista is being delayed a few
> months until 2007, after the crucial holiday season
> (http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=34083&Group=1)
> .  The same day it is announced that the Windows development group is
> being reshuffled with a new person in charge who is apparently known for
> being a hard-ass (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1941940,00.asp).
> Then it is announced that Office 2007 also won't be released until 2007,
> though apparently they're going to release it early for some business
> customers
> (http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Pushes_New_Office_into_2007/1
> 143216364).  Lastly, it is also rumored that MSFT is pulling in top
> developers from other teams to rewrite up to 60% of Vista as part of the
> department shake-up (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30516).
Please note that the test copy of VISTA had harsh criticism from many very 
knowledgeable reviewers, after they had tried to run it for the past three or 
more months.

1. Constant jpop-ups requiring entry of System Master password
from small aps running in the background.

2. Huge amount of DRM that heightened privacy concerns, because, all  input
is put into the "hidden" file that is uploaded to the 'mothership' everytime 
it gets access to the internet.

3. Housekeeping in the background STILL jpre-empts hard disk saves of 
documents, files, movies, audio files... 

4. The DRM forced some users to give up ever trying to copy their HOME MOVIES 
of the picnic with the kids!

5.  Vista is STILL about 8 TIMES SLOWER than the 800 FREE OSes, at 
http://livecdlist.com and http://distrowatch.com 
( My favorite right now, is PCLinuxOS, that BLOWS VISTA AWAY!)

6. IE is STILL linked to the Core system files!!!  USE MOZILLA FIREFOX 
instead!  

7.  XP will be HOW OLD?? 9 YEARS?? when VISTA is released????

8. Use an OS that is CURRENT!  Microsoft knows that they lost their audience, 
way back in 2000, when they persued their corporate customers!
The way they treat the consumer/user is a crying shame, but, only to be 
expected from a multiple convicted FELON on all the continents on the planet!

Yes, all of the above were actual comments on the forums!!!  There were more, 
but, you can do the Google.com search!

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