In news:N7mdnTLMkvipB9TXnZ2dnUVZ_oadnZ2d@wavecable.co m,
Clay Abrams typed on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:53:08 -0700:
> 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.

Sounds like you never recompiled your own Linux kernel like you are
supposed to do for security updates. As if you did, you would find that
this breaks many of your Linux applications. So many Linux users never
update their OS with security updates.

And I have Xandros, Ubuntu, and Puppy Linux and not a single application
is available for these distros that I find useful. Although on the
Windows side, everything that I ever want or need for the past 10 years
runs under 2000/XP. Linux can't even keep my interest for a whole day,
let alone for 10 years. See the difference now?

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP Home SP2