On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/07/24/microsoft-lies-to-xp-users-and-they-start-to-love-vista?bub > > I'm totally in agreement that a fair percentage of Vista-haters only > hate it because they read on a load of forums and blogs that they should > hate it. > --
Perhaps. A large majority of US citizens drink Budweiser, and I can't understand that, either. It's an interesting single-blind experiment that proves the brand "Vista" has been poisoned. And I don't doubt that the testers set the people up with brand-new, top-of-the-line machines. Lots of the Vista heartaches no doubt came from marginal machines and upgrades. Recently, I've heard from a relative and two business associates who switched from Windows (likely XP, not Vista) to the Macintosh, and all three swear they won't go back, that they'd forgotten how much fun it could be to use a computer, and that they're enjoying their new-found productivity. These were unsolicited testimonials from people who are just trying to use computers as tools, and surprised me. At last night's Python meeting, there was equal representation of Windows, Linux and Mac OS X machines, and all of the attendees were really enjoying Python (and FireFox, and NetBeans and Eclipse, and SciTE), not their OS. For the most part, except when you use OS-specific features (read:proprietary?) like COM or QuickTime, the experience is the same, and the OS is as relevant as which brand of gas you used to get to the meeting. I hope that as OSes become more of a commodity item, those of inferior quality will just naturally fade from market share. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ 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.
