The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
another article on the same theme: Leopard and Vista: Last Gasp of the Big OS? http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/133276 from above: Twenty years from now a new generation of computer users will look back on the operating systems of today with the same bemused smile we look back at the cars of the late 1950s and early 60s. They had huge fins, were the size of a small yacht and burned up just about as much gas. ... snip ... a few similar articles over the past yr: Windows Vista: The last Of Microsoft's Supersized Operating Systems? http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/08/windows_vista_t.html Windows Vista the last of its kind http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?NewsID=6718 Vista: The Last Microsoft Operating System that will Matter http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2007/01/vista_the_last_microsoft_opera.html Vista is the last of the dinosaurs http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36155 other recent posts in this thread: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007m.html#64 Operating systems are old and busted http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007m.html#66 Off Topic But Concept should be Known To All http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007m.html#67 Operating systems are old and busted http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007m.html#68 Operating systems are old and busted http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007m.html#69 Operating systems are old and busted http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007m.html#73 Operating systems are old and busted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
