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Topic: Advertising and Marketing
Topic: Strategic Planning
Richard Chapman
says:
If you want to know how badly Vista is doing, just look at how much Microsoft is boasting of its sales. I think they use the term "sales" because there might be a legal issue with using the sales number as an installed base number. They are certainly not the same. We're living through the end of and era. The era of proprietary software led by its champion, Microsoft. I hope I live long enough to read the book "The Rise and Fall of the Microsoft Empire". Or whatever the detailed account of their demise will be called.
Neil Licht
says:
My laptop from ACER came with Vista- a pure nightmare. Microsoft seems not to know that a ton of devices use Microsoft as their programming software and Vista shuts it all down. Hello Linnux, goodby Microsoft is what we as a company did
Vista Is not intuitive and isnt at all friendly. Unfortunately, I was trapped since ACER told me thier machine was not licensed for XP.
I "downgraded to XP and am very happy but I still have this bloated hog stuck on my C drive with no way to remove it. Help in deleting its files would be appreciated
Tyson
says:
For all the whining I hear about how hard Vista is to use, I have yet to see any other OS give the kind of enterprise out-of-the-box features of Windows. I have used many OSs over the course of my career in large network deployments and so far I have seen little to convince me that Linux (love it for servers but 08 will probably close the gap on that one) or MacOS can hack it the way Windows does.
The problem here is perception, plain and simple. American cars for instance are not bad at all (My 03 Chevy has 130K miles and still running strong) but yet the perception is that American cars are inferior. Apple has done a great job getting the Mac exposed but, as simple as the OS is to use, it lacks many of the administrative controls that make Windows an ideal OS in a networked environment...But those snappy Apple ads are just so sexy that a technically un-savvy consumer is easily swayed. Even in a University environment where Apple reigns supreme, the misconceptions of what PCs are and their strengths and weaknesses are often skewed.
Each OS has advantages, I will never assert that one is the best while the others suck. I break it down like this:
LINUX
+ Inexpensive, reliable, configurable up the wazoo
- High administrative costs, hardware support is spotty, big learning curve for end users
MacOS
+ Easy to use, Great for home users, OS looks slick
- Expensive Computers and Peripherals, Inflexible upgrades, Poor enterprise level support
Windows
+ Most enterprise friendly out of the box, Most software support, Most hardware support
- Perception of poor quality from end-users, Confusing interface for users, Poor patching process
You may now tear this apart with exceptions but, bear in mind, I said OUT OF THE BOX. There are many features of both Mac and Linux that help to close the gap, but they are not even close yet.
Topic: Windows Vista
Microsoft is still fighting to create enthusiasm with users, business for its latest OS
Blog: Should You Delay Switching to Windows 7?
Article: Skipping Vista Won't Solve OS Problems
White Paper: Windows Vista® Readiness: Preparing for the Journey
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I think windows vista look is great, great look.
but it has some problem, i don't know why microsoft
did not fix this at the begining. you don't need to be an expert to see the problems. so i hope that vista sp1, will fix
this problem, if not it will be another "windows me".
Another stuff. i think windows loghorn was better, when i said windows loghorn i mean that team was great. i don't know why microsoft split this team. becouse vista team sucks.........