Well yes and no. The root problem was Longhorn I think, it was probably too ambitious for Microsoft, Vista was cobbled together as a salvage effort most likely. I think we can still expect Microsoft to migrate to a relational data management model (a la Pick). Theres a wiki about WinFS. eg. Here's a WinFS promo they made whilst struggling with Longhorn: http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/e/2/ce28874c-4f44-4dbd-babb-727685e2be96/WinFS_IWish_720x486_2mbs.wmv Maybe these data management technologies will probably re-appear in .NET in the future before they appear in the desktop OS. Vista has achieved 24%, XP still holds 62% market share. So you can look at W7 as Vista done a lot better given enough breathing space. They also had the luxury of improving/changing the kernel for win7 and it looks like they settled on the MinWin kernel. Thats good news for netbooks. Incidentally I like the look of the MSI , on paper anyway. They latest hybrid model has a 9 cell battery too, but its not available here yet. Keith.
Aaron Cooper wrote: > I tested the beta in March and it's pretty sharp. Some seriously cool > new productivity helpers for power users, with the resource usage of XP. > > That said, Vista was such a failure, Windows 7 is probably what it > should have been in the first place. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Cam Spiers <mailto:[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, June 13, 2009 8:54 PM > *Subject:* [phpug] Re: (OT) Windows 7 without IE! > > I have actually heard good things about 7. I hope it does well. > Would be nice to see a Microsoft product not fail. > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Keith Allpress <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Anniv weekend I bought a Compaq dual 1.6 laptop. $799 NZ sweet > price. > Chucked the Vista muddleware in the trash and stuck Win7 RC on it. > Runs sweet as, and now I can press windows+P and 1 click to > set up a > projector, > or shift click an icon on the task bar to launch another instance, > swap windows on mouseovers! Lovely. > or direct downloads from any browser to a downloads library, > or make a library called websites. > The upgrade went flawlessly. System seems as stable as. > I am thinking of buying an "I love Microsoft" T Shirt. > :) K > > Michael Adams wrote: > > Since i found Firefox Personas add-on i've forgotten about > the internet. > > I just want to make it look pretty. > > > > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:12:57 -0700 (PDT) > > Came this utterance formulated by Matt Thomson to my mailbox: > > > > > >> "Look do you want me to open up firefox, or do you want me > to open > >> google, I can't do both" > >> > >> On Jun 13, 11:02 am, Nathan Cox <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >>> I thought Google WAS the internet > >>> > >>> Matt Thomson wrote: > >>> > >>>> What is IE, I use Google if I want to go on the internet. > >>>> > >>>> On Jun 12, 5:09 pm, yeosteve <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/windows-7-e-coming-to-europe-w > >>>>> > >>>> itho... > >>>> > >>>>> They've finally come up with an improvement for Windows > - remove > >>>>> > >>>> IE > >>>> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > > Version: 8.5.364 / Virus Database: 270.12.65/2171 - Release > Date: 06/12/09 05:55:00 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.364 / Virus Database: 270.12.69/2176 - Release Date: > 06/14/09 17:54:00 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
