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Sticking with Windows XP: The Case Against Windows Vista | |
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| Time: 11:48 EST/16:48 GMT | News Source: SuperSite for Windows | Posted By: Michael Dragone | ||
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If you'd like to stick with Windows XP for a while longer, here's some good news. You don't need Windows Vista. And as I'll describe in the next section, there are plenty of excellent solutions out there that will make you forget all about Redmond's next operating system. At least for a little while. | ||
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| #1 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 10/4/2006 1:49:43 PM |
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Hmmmm - don't by it. People need Vista, or at least something new.
There are many reasons for this and none have a thing to do with features, or current availability. Paul so often seems to look on the surface, and for many that is enough and certainly one perspective that is needed. However, there is so much more to Vista than what is on the surface - hence why I don't like the interface at all - it hides the best parts of the OS. A client for working in a truly virtualized namespace. That is enough for me. XP can't do that - OSX for certain can't and Linux likely never will be able to do that. Vista can. It was born to that and for that. What developers and engineers will do with that will astound people and it will change computing and business processes as we know them. Like any trip one takes, it has a beginning and the sooner one begins, the sooner one will arrive at not one, but many desired way points along the way to wherever they intend to go. In this case, the forks in the road and the stops made to see the world's largest ball of string will be as significant and fun as arriving at the end. |
| #2 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 10/4/2006 2:10:20 PM |
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#2, For me, PNRP alone, is enough reason to develop for Vista -
The Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP) Namespace Provider (NSP) is a serverless DNS technology that allows nodes to discover each other. PNRP uses the Winsock 2 Namespace Provider API. Out of the box, Vista can do some things that no OS can yet do - and what people will do with that is going to change how information is moved, shared and developed in ways that make Web 2.0 look like very tiny baby steps into an infinitely large namespace. We've been running some tests and the experience has been amazing. We've set up Vista test stations in derrerent address spaces and so seamlessly shared media among peers that it is almost scary. One can slice though any network - any traversal and connect with the people and content each wants to share. Where protected media is concerned, if one owns it, one can use it. It just worked. For so long now, our customers have never had an idea of where any one of us was - physically - it did not matter. We've been able to access and do anything from any place. Now however, it is transparent to even ourselves. Sounds a little weird until one experiences it. It's just about having needs and the ability to satisfy them in seconds - and so fluidly that the interface falls away and is no longer significant. This I think is what the net and information sharing was supposed to be - no barriers - no walls - just needs and the ability to find and access the information people want and need. Developers are going to have a ball. |
| #3 By 2960 (68.101.39.180) at 10/4/2006 3:05:05 PM |
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For me, PNRP is what scares me the most, from a security/exploit standpoint.
Hackers will be ALL OVER that one in a heartbeat. TL |
| #4 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 10/4/2006 11:16:45 PM |
| #4, no more than they are any other pub'd FQDN - about 400 million last count. |
| #5 By 2231 (38.100.34.2) at 10/5/2006 7:55:19 AM |
| The corporate world will obviously require convincing beyond the anecdotal. I suspect MS will have a tough sell there unless they can show how it lowers expenses or increases revenue. |
| #6 By 8556 (12.217.111.92) at 10/5/2006 9:25:21 AM |
| schwit: When support ends for XP, in 2009 or there abouts, the corporate world won't need any more convincing than that to use Vista. |
| #7 By 47914 (24.225.231.107) at 10/5/2006 10:41:38 AM |
| As a home user I see no compelling reason to switch to Vista in the near future. XP Pro has been extremely stable and driver support outstanding for me. I "play" with new hardware and dabble in video, and have 5 computers networked without server software all of which works well. Not perfect, but what is? |
| #8 By 9589 (71.71.38.148) at 10/5/2006 11:00:54 AM |
| Let's not forget that just by virtue of people buying new computers over a single year Vista will be running on computers in the several hundred million! Whether Paul thinks it useful to move to Vista or not is irrelevant. Even if, as IT professionals, you don't deploy the OS in your companies. Your workers home computers will be running it. If you are employed by a large company, that will probably be sooner than later. |
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