Comments on: Netbook consumers beware! Windows 7 is on the horizon. http://www.schiffner.com/index.php/2009/10/19/netbook-consumers-beware-windows-7/ "Always thinking one step ahead... Like a carpenter, trying to build stairs. " Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:37:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Stevie McAllister http://www.schiffner.com/index.php/2009/10/19/netbook-consumers-beware-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-4040 Stevie McAllister Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:35:34 +0000 http://www.schiffner.com/?p=997#comment-4040 Microsoft has always been a follower when it comes to technology. They don't come up with new ideas and in fact, for such a wealthy company they don't do that much R&D. They don't need to, they just copy what other companies spend R&D money on. As far as them trying to be like Apple, Microsoft gets a lot of their ideas from Apple. Look at Windows. But most of the ideas they take credit for are taken from the open source community. Nothing wrong with that, but Microsoft shouldn't take credit and then do such a crappy job of it. .NET, Active Directory, and many more came from superior solid Open Source projects. Microsoft had to make the code buggy so they could charge us support/licensing fees and that is not a myth, I know developers who work on these projects. Apple may not have perfect software, but it is almost always better than Microsoft's. Apple's designs, and obviously R&D is better. Also, I believe Apple wants a quality product. You can't say the same for Microsoft. You'd have to be pretty set-in-your ways to think that Windows is better than OSX, Linux, FreeBSD, ... By the way, I don't own any Apple products, no IPod, No OSX, ... MS Windows has always been at the bottom of the OS barrel, but people don't mind as they really don't care about the OS when it really comes down to it and will go on paying way to much money for crappy software, because it is "the standard". I suspect the new version of the OS to be just as crappy, so I'm not going to get excited. By the way, I'm typing this in some version of Microsoft OS because I can't run my work applications in Linux:-( stevie Microsoft has always been a follower when it comes to technology. They don’t come up with new ideas and in fact, for such a wealthy company they don’t do that much R&D. They don’t need to, they just copy what other companies spend R&D money on.

As far as them trying to be like Apple, Microsoft gets a lot of their ideas from Apple. Look at Windows. But most of the ideas they take credit for are taken from the open source community. Nothing wrong with that, but Microsoft shouldn’t take credit and then do such a crappy job of it.

.NET, Active Directory, and many more came from superior solid Open Source projects. Microsoft had to make the code buggy so they could charge us support/licensing fees and that is not a myth, I know developers who work on these projects.

Apple may not have perfect software, but it is almost always better than Microsoft’s. Apple’s designs, and obviously R&D is better. Also, I believe Apple wants a quality product. You can’t say the same for Microsoft.

You’d have to be pretty set-in-your ways to think that Windows is better than OSX, Linux, FreeBSD, …

By the way, I don’t own any Apple products, no IPod, No OSX, …

MS Windows has always been at the bottom of the OS barrel, but people don’t mind as they really don’t care about the OS when it really comes down to it and will go on paying way to much money for crappy software, because it is “the standard”.

I suspect the new version of the OS to be just as crappy, so I’m not going to get excited.

By the way, I’m typing this in some version of Microsoft OS because I can’t run my work applications in Linux:-(

stevie

]]> By: Chris Schiffner http://www.schiffner.com/index.php/2009/10/19/netbook-consumers-beware-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-2493 Chris Schiffner Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:04:49 +0000 http://www.schiffner.com/?p=997#comment-2493 Honestly Windows 7 is a huge product, and a quality one at that. Its not a quesiton of whether the product will be a success because its virtually guaranteed to be a blockbuster. Then why are you trying so hard to make it the laughing stock? Windows 7 Starter is a disgrace of a product and will undoubtely become the brunt of many jokes. Your marketing strategy (or should I say lack there of) is horrid. Take this youtube video for instance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ Seriously? Talk about a diverse PC group engaged in unnatural discusison about a subject that now one would spend that much time discussing. Now the recently launched M$ store is a virtual clone of apple stores. They even hired the same designer -- and it shows. Why not establish your own identityt? Now I'm starting to see Microsoft's use the the name "Springboard" (the name of the iPhones UI) in marketing materials. Your not Apple, I don't want you to become Apple, and I certainly don't want to see one of the largest corporations in the world, with an install base on roughly 90% worldwide, mimicking Apple. Honestly Windows 7 is a huge product, and a quality one at that. Its not a quesiton of whether the product will be a success because its virtually guaranteed to be a blockbuster. Then why are you trying so hard to make it the laughing stock? Windows 7 Starter is a disgrace of a product and will undoubtely become the brunt of many jokes. Your marketing strategy (or should I say lack there of) is horrid. Take this youtube video for instance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ Seriously? Talk about a diverse PC group engaged in unnatural discusison about a subject that now one would spend that much time discussing. Now the recently launched M$ store is a virtual clone of apple stores. They even hired the same designer — and it shows. Why not establish your own identityt? Now I’m starting to see Microsoft’s use the the name “Springboard” (the name of the iPhones UI) in marketing materials. Your not Apple, I don’t want you to become Apple, and I certainly don’t want to see one of the largest corporations in the world, with an install base on roughly 90% worldwide, mimicking Apple.

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