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bogi wrote: > The numbers say that Vista did not stick very well. And by comparison, a year > after the XP release you would be hard pressed to find anyone selling new pc > with 98 of me for that matter, so he does highlight a fact that Vista is not > selling well, the other fact is the continuing demand for XP, and the main It is still selling on the majority of new PCs. Retail sales may be slow, but sooner or later, it will be nearly ubiquitous like XP is now. I also do not have faith in the market that MS will lose significant market share. If they do it will be to Macs. > point of the article that XP lifespan has been extended for another year, yes > it would bring back memories of 98 finally getting the last nail in the > coffin last year. He is also , i think is close to the point when complaining > about the fragmentation of the Vista product line and a stiff competition I never did understand silly Vista versioning. I guess they needed something to compete with FOSS OSs on the cheap. > specially regarding 3d desktop ... Bah, I had to remove xserver-xgl from my laptop, as it was glitchy and a resource hog (stupid gutsy upgrade turns it on by default). The Linux 3d stuff is cool _when_ it works, but there is too much work to do before it can compete directly. Besides, it does not actually add any value IMO. It does not help me to work or play, in its current state. > And no i am not expecting him to go Linux, but with some well played tactics, > Linux could carve a crucial niche for itself regarding the desktop sphere. Linux already has a niche on the Desktop. :) > On a side note, He mentioned all the promissed features to be available in > Vista, that never really made it past the promise stage. A stark reminder of > an old word usually associated with our beloved Microsoft: Vaporware. Most of the users I know could care less about the promised features. Even the so called "power users" really don't care about their file systems (or file formats). Maybe I have a dark and pessimistic view of those who exist in the middle of the bell curve. That probably is more than just possible :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHPAfHwRXgH3rKGfMRAuEaAJ9YDdP9KCC9T90G2y30bNLWaiVTEgCeMYn6 +TBrpS9dmVJ+JgAsbUHNOW8= =pWN5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
