Microsoft Windows 7 operating system was released today and the news is irrelevant to many people I know. I worry that Microsoft may become the General Motors of the 21st century. Through inertia, it controls a large portion of the market while more and more people are buying Toyotas. Ten years ago I had to use Microsoft products every day. Now whole months go by where I do not use a single Microsoft product. The alternatives have become the new standards. Text from DJCline.com
It is frustrating because I know many brilliant hard working people at Microsoft who seem crushed by the corporate bureaucracy. Some are leaving and some, as an ironic indicator of talent, are being forced out. You will see bits of their work in Vista. Text from DJCline.com
The multi-million dollar ad campaign will correct many of the problems associated with Vista by not being called Vista. It has better speed and performance for newer computers if they already have better speed and performance (hmmm). I’m told Vista works better with Zune players than iPods, which is useless to me. Vista works well Microsoft’s search engine Bing, which you can use to find the first Microsoft store in Scottsdale, Arizona. Did they pick the retirement community to be close to a core demographic? I imagine there will be long lines of retirees dragging in their Gateway computers to upgrade from Windows95. I guess nothing says hip like hip replacement. Could they recapture the glory days by having the Rolling Stones play “Start Me Up” only change the lyrics to “Help Me Up”? Text from DJCline.com
I’m cutting out the middle man and donating straight to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with some of my Apple stock. :-)Text from DJCline.com
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