He should just switch to linux. We've got XGL, batch installs of programs as well as patches, and free upgrades every 6 or so months.
Microsoft can't even get administrator/user rights implemented correctly.
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
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2 posted on
04/20/2006 10:26:28 AM PDT by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. Apple's own numbers are hard to argue with.)
To: N3WBI3
3 posted on
04/20/2006 10:26:52 AM PDT by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. Apple's own numbers are hard to argue with.)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Why should he switch to Linux when he's converted his family to OS X?
4 posted on
04/20/2006 10:28:19 AM PDT by
Terpfen
(72-25: The Democrats mounted a failibuster!)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
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10 posted on
04/20/2006 10:43:30 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
For Microsoft to get Vista "right" they have to do what Apple did with OS/X - break backward compatibility, limit hardware compatibility, and make a fresh start from the ground up. They are going to have to do this at some point anyway, so why not now, especially when no one in the corporate world is particularly enthusiastic about Vista, anyway? Just keep refining XP for a few years as the "legacy" system and deliver something truly new and innovative with Vista that the corporate world might actually hunger for.
It's unfortunate to see all the computer science talent at Microsoft going to waste. I'm sure some of those developers wake up every morning, think about having to maintain those 50 million lines of code, and wish they could just roll over and go back to sleep.
Mr. Jeeves, Happy OS/X Convert. ;)
11 posted on
04/20/2006 10:46:37 AM PDT by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: rzeznikj at stout
15 posted on
04/20/2006 2:26:26 PM PDT by
rzeznikj at stout
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