[NTLUG:Discuss] MS XP Throw it in the trash!

[MadHat]

I will say this one more time, please take this discussion off list.



At 09:29 AM 11/5/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Does anyone here remember how dominant IBM was before
>their PS2 disaster?  I think XP is microsoft's PS2.
>They sure seem to be betting the bank on it. People
>  have been complacent in just 'not upgrading' for
>years.. and win 9x is starting to show it's age. I'm
>happy to say I haven't booted a windows machine here
>since the first week of sept, and the only windows
>machines that will ever come on again will be for
>playing 'local' games. If I can't trust or count on
>microsoft, I will search elsewhere.
>
>Forget the quality of the code, what microsoft is
>  trying to do with XP.. go to the AOL marketing scheme
>for your basic office apps, even for your desktop.. is
>just so stupid that it will never work.**  Its like
>trying to suddenly lock a everyone out of their own
>cars. Imagine having to get GM approval before you
>could install an offbrand radio, or your 'license'
>running out because you changed all four tires at
>once. Exclusively owning the marketplace didn't work
>for IBM, or Apple, or Novell, or Borland, and it won't
>work for Microsoft. People spot the heavy backend from
>a mile off, and don't even come in the show room.
>
>2 years ago, Microsoft spent lots  of $$$$$ putting up
>'virtual office'  that was really the beta of the .net
>strategy.  It was up about 3 months, then they spent
>big $$$$ taking it down, because noone in their right
>mind is going to save their personal docs on a pay by
>the hour site. Notice that microsoft doesn't want to
>own .net anymore. They are trying to strongarm others
>into falling into that hole. The whole XP/.net thing
>is a BIG failure, and they've known it wouldn't work
>for quite some time. Their lack of support for ALL
>older o.s.'s is a temporary management trick, as is
>the 'time limited' upgrading. They are all just signs
>that microsoft is in big trouble, because after years
>of research, they've designed and released another
>'BOB'.. not the worst code in the world, but certainly
>one of the worst ideas.
>
>** congressional action not included.
>
>
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