i hear you. i don't own a Vista computer, but i try to keep up with new trends in IT so i know what to expect. There's enough differences in its structure to make working with it a chore.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Keith, I wish that as many people took the time to note thiese glitches as you do. In two other groups I post in, I've had people asking for advice about comp problems. The minute they type in the word "Vista", I know where their trouble comes from. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: they keep trying to sell all these extra features with each new OS: enhanced multimedia capabilities, better security, expanded Office Suites, etc. But all they do is add more junk that causes lockups, blue screen, adds more security holes, and adds more support headaches. Windows Millennium is a prime example. It was hailed as a multimedia OS, able to work with digital cameras, MP3 players, etc. it sucked and everyone hated it. XP was supposed to be the super secure, Internet/network friendly OS, with features like an improved Windows Firewall. But Firewall gets on my nerves (I always turn it off), and trust me: XP is a security nightmare. At my job, every month we have to make sure the entire network gets the latest Windows updates and security patches. The reason consumers should prefer things like Linux and Apple is that they work more seamlessly. Unless you really want to fiddle with your computer all the time, you need an OS that's more stable. cut some of the overblown features in favor of stability. along those lines Vista's not a hit. It's had lots of problems and bugs, requiring users to seek support and download patches. It's also different enough in basic structure and functionality to provide a significant learning curve. Two weekends ago i was helping a friend's father setup his Vista PC. Even basic things such as figuring out how to modify the Startup folder, searching for All Users, etc., was a headache because of the changes to the file and directory structure. Microsoft then put about several different versions for home, school, business, etc., which muddies the waters. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Programmers do not like Vista as Microsoft, so why is the public supposed to? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > a good friend of mine has been working with Linux for the last three years > and puts it on all laptops and desktops he has. My goal for this winter is to > build two computers. One i will keep as a Windows machine simply for ease of > storing existing files. Probably keep it as XP, 'casue i don't care for > Vista. The real goal, though, is to build a Linux box. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I used Netscape for about a month, walked away from it because I didn't ahve > the common sense that Deity gave little green apples (i.e. knowing that > Microsoft-in-the-head was jsut that). Now, I used Firefox, and will be > bouncing out of XP as soon as I can afford to buy another OS. > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same here > > ravenadal wrote: > >> I have always hated Microsoft Explorer (I currently use Firefox) but I >> was big Netscape fan until AOL bought it and did what it did to Time >> Warner. >> >> ~(no)rave! >> >> http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Dec28/0,4670,NetscapeRIP,00.html >> >> AOL Pulls Plug on Netscape Web Browser >> >> Friday, December 28, 2007 >> >> By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer >> >> NEW YORK --- >> Netscape Navigator, the world's first commercial Web browser and the >> launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. >> 1 after a 13-year run. >> >> Its current caretakers, Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, decided to kill >> further development and technical support to focus on growing the >> company as an advertising business. Netscape's usage dwindled with >> Microsoft Corp.'s entry into the browser business, and Netscape all >> but faded away following the birth of its open-source cousin, Firefox. >> >> "While internal groups within AOL have invested a great deal of time >> and energy in attempting to revive Netscape Navigator, these efforts >> have not been successful in gaining market share from Microsoft's >> Internet Explorer," Netscape Director Tom Drapeau wrote in a blog >> entry Friday. >> >> In recent years, Netscape has been little more than a repackaged >> version of the more popular Firefox, which commands about 10 percent >> of the Web browser market, with almost all of the rest going to >> Internet Explorer. >> >> People will still be able to download and use the Netscape browser >> indefinitely, but AOL will stop releasing security and other updates >> on Feb. 1. Drapeau recommended that the small pool of Netscape users >> download Firefox instead. >> >> A separate Netscape Web portal, which has had several incarnations in >> recent years, will continue to operate. >> >> The World Wide Web was but a few years old when in April 1993 a team >> at the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing >> Applications released Mosaic, the first Web browser to integrate >> images and sound with words. Before Mosaic, access to the Internet and >> the Web was largely limited to text, with any graphics displayed in >> separate windows. >> >> Marc Andreessen and many of his university colleagues soon left to >> form a company tasked with commercializing the browser. The first >> version of Netscape came out in late 1994. >> >> Netscape fed the gold-rush atmosphere with a landmark initial public >> offering of stock in August 1995. Netscape's stock carried a >> then-steep IPO price of $28 per share, a price that doubled on opening >> day to give the startup a $2 billion market value even though it had >> only $20 million in sales. >> >> But Netscape's success also drew the attention of Microsoft, which >> quickly won market share by giving away its Internet Explorer browser >> for free with its flagship Windows operating system. The bundling >> prompted a Justice Department antitrust lawsuit and later a settlement >> with Microsoft. >> >> Netscape eventually dropped fees for the software, but it was too >> late. Undone by IE, Netscape sold itself to AOL in a $10 billion deal >> completed in early 1999. >> >> Netscape spawned an open-source project called Mozilla, in which >> developers from around the world freely contribute to writing and >> testing the software. 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