Barry Watzman wrote:
> Vista is not one MS' greatest OS', but it's no ME, either. It's not
> THAT bad.
>
> Re: "We won't know till 4Q09 or 1Q10 if W7 will be a success."
>
> I have to disagree on that, I think we know the answer to this now. The
> experience with the beta versions of W7 has been so overwhelmingly
> positive ... and I mean across the board, by pretty much all reviewers
> in pretty much all regards ... that it's safe to conclude that W7 will
> be a success. As to compatibility issues, there will always be some of
> those, but I think that more things will install under W7 than under
> Vista, and that is "natively", but for W7 Business & Ultimate, the
> option of "XP Mode" also exists.
>
>
> Clay Abrams wrote:
>> ggwillikers wrote:
>>> AJL wrote:
>>>> ggwillikers <noone@youknow.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> running [W7] beta rock solid for 4 months not a hitch, how bout that.
>>>> That's a good sign. I was going to buy my new 17" laptop early with
>>>> Vista installed and then get the free W7 upgrade. But after thinking
>>>> about it awhile I believe I will wait and get it with W7 installed. It
>>>> may save me a few upgrade headaches. Course if any fantastic laptop
>>>> deals come along before then I may opt for the headaches... ;)
>>> I get the impression that Microsoft is going to try to get Vista out of
>>> the loop rather quickly. Hopefully the UPGRADE experience is an aesy
>>> process.
>> I look at Vista as another Windows ME. MSC made a huge mistake way back
>> when with ME and did the same with Vista.
>>
>> We won't know till 4Q09 or 1Q10 if W7 will be a success.
>>
>> I played with a W7 Beta and some of my old favorite applications would
>> not install. If this is the norm on GA code MSC may be creating another
>> ME/Vista once again.
>>
>> It's bad enough customers have to buy the same old Windows OS over and
>> over again, but if they have to do the same with application software
>> they will not be happy.
>>
>> This is why I run Linux 99% of the time on all my hardware.
I disagree. You are viewing it as a consumer not a corporate IS manager.

If you are an IS manager in a large company and have to buy you favorite
application time 100K, because it doesn't run of W7, then you will not
upgrade. This is what happened with Vista. Large companies cannot afford
to spend that kind of money in todays environment. Lets face it MSC make
their big bucks from the large spenders, not individual folks. When the
large companies world wide upgrade to W7, then it's a success. Many
companies and governments in Europe (especially Germany) have dropped
MSC in favor of Linux. It will be tough for MSC to even meet and exceed
the success of XP. Time will tell.