Back in the day we anxiously awaited the arrival of Windows 2000 which superceded Windows 98SE. Great improvement. XP? Hey a glorified 2000 with a nice GUI and a better driver database. Several hundred "patches" later the Pro version is a pretty nice OS. Home still sucks because of the networking problems. Can we say multiple password entries? Thank goodness they released the XP Media Center after all the "patches" and so far it seems okay. Wow, three versions of XP. What a nightmare, especially in the beginning with just two!
According to the latest stats, five versions of Vista will exist. Can we say the dreadnought of nightmares? Seems that Microsoft is really pushing Vista at the business community, which has been hesitant to upgrade from 2000 to XP. Remember that old adage, 'don't fix it if'n it ain't broke'? This has me worried. Computerworld (where I lifted the above desktop pix) has a good article. Several hundred "patches" later Microsoft may try the strongarm approach and force Vista upgrades by killing support for other operating systems. I hope not. Their credibility is shaky at best without such tactics.
In closing let me state two things:
Yes Apple Nazis, the desktop does remind me of OSX. No doubt.
Yes Windows Nazis, still better a Gates/Microsoft world than a Jobs/Apple one...
"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
-Oprah Winfrey
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