The question is, how much new innovation is possible in an operating system?
The jump from MS-DOS to Windows was great, but how much improvement from 98 to Vista? OF course there are the hardware issues and the 16 bit to 32 bit changes, but how much innovation? --- On Tue, 5/6/08, Charlie Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Charlie Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [NF] XP Service Pack 3 is out. > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 4:48 PM > At 09:34 AM 5/6/2008 -0700, Michael Madigan wrote: > >I agree. All the software I've written for my > customers have all been > >evolutionary. I don't start fresh every time they > need more bells and > >whistles, I just add to what I already have. > > > >Why doesn't Microsoft? > > Just a shot in the dark here... > > They can't approach things that way because of their > business model. They > have to make their customers "think" they are > getting major enhancements. > And, as absolutely crazy as it sounds, user-interface stuff > makes things > look "new" (even though it causes learning curve > problems). > > There really has been extremely little innovation from MS > since Windows > 2000 - in terms of actual functional breakthroughs. Just > like their .Net > stuff - nothing really new, just a "packaging" > deal (wrapping the actual > functionality in MS's concept of a framework). However, > you can't charge > hundreds of dollars for a new version (or thousands in the > case of .Net) if > it doesn't appear to be an incredible > "breakthrough." > > It'll eventually collapse though. Gartner group has > already sounded the > death bell for MS. So it's just a matter of time before > they're out... or > operating under a drastically different business model. > > -Charlie > > >--- On Tue, 5/6/08, kam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > From: kam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [NF] XP Service Pack 3 is out. > ... > > > Yes, the networking is great. I like the way that > you can > > > share the drive in XP and Vista, but the drive is > not > > > really shared. You are required to do 47 other > undocumented steps. That is > ... > > > Each OS update is just moving the furniture > around and > > > putting in things that make it more difficult to > use. Sure, > ... > > > the need to create a new OS. They own the market. > Where > > > else will people go? Of course, if they keep > making it more > > > difficult, more people will begin to look at > Linux. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
