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Will Windows 7 be Another Vista? (We Say No) | |
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| Time: 18:35 EST/23:35 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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There's a very brief scene in an old episode of "The Simpsons" in which a couple of guys, presumably brothers, are fuming at each other over the impending demise of their restaurant, dubbed Two Guys from Kabul. At one point, one brother looks at the other and barks, "Sometimes, I think you want to fail!" Microsoft's market dominance with Windows might not last forever. But we've had a lot of positive feedback on Windows 7, and the dire predictions coming out of some quarter based on survey numbers that just don't look that bad to us seem premature at best. Or maybe wishful, depending on who, exactly, wants Microsoft to fail. | ||
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| #1 By 39852 (66.131.221.66) at 4/15/2009 6:43:58 PM |
| The questions we need to be asking are why was Vista what it was? Why did MS let it happen? Why did they waste so much money on marketing it rather than improving customer satisfaction? The summary states that MS is receiving positive feedback on Windows 7, but I'm sure they received a lot of positive feedback on Vista as well. How is MS going to get back in touch with what its customers want, and not just its test group? |
| #2 By 32313 (208.131.186.2) at 4/15/2009 7:36:35 PM |
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The same test group were actual Microsoft enterprise customers who ignored Windows Vista when it was released. Vista introduced necessary complexities. Security was important, third party developers really needed to update their apps to stop writing to the system with elevated privileges. The defenses in Windows needed to move with the times, especially in an Internet Centric society where people do most of their activities through the browser, technologies like Protected Mode, ASRL, Patch Guard, Device Driver Signing, Windows Firewall with Advanced Security all delivered a necessary experience in Windows that Windows 7 today is reaping the benefits from. Yes, application compatibility was hit hard, and if you are still on Windows XP and have not moved to Vista, you will continue to face them with Windows 7. With Windows XP going into Extended support, its either Vista or Windows 7.
Moving to Linux will not make any sense, I can't equate migrating from Windows to Linux as a possible chance to improve compatibility. |
| #3 By 143 (216.205.223.146) at 4/15/2009 11:26:48 PM |
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I don't see Win7 making a big splash.
It will be HP, Gateway... that will move Win7. |
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