Last week, Microsoft announced that Windows Vista went gold, and was released to manufacturing. The release has been long coming (five years of work) and was surrounded by controversies, rumours of rewrites, and legal threats by Microsoft's competitors. We got our hands on the RTM build (Microsoft Windows 6.0 (Build 6000)), so read on for the first superficial look at Windows Vista Ultimate.
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Member since:2005-07-22
"Microsoft on the other hand still brought ease of use of wireless, easy DVD/CD burning and playing etc. "
Oh really? I thought hardware vendors provided drivers to allow Windows to use wireless and you needed Nero to burn a CD/DVD. You still need to chase special DVD players because Windows by default doesn't play DVD well. So what are you talking about?
"What else have people done? What linux brings to table other than copying windows?"
What does Linux (a kernel) have to do with Windows? Where is the "copying" you say? Linux exists since 1991 and the current Windows kernel came after Linux. So how Linux copied Windows?? Do you realize they are both different technologies? Linux is a POSIX OS. Windows is not. Different APIs, different everything. Stop saying stupid things.
"Java was good but Sun's stupidity ruined it. Now let us wait for the next big thing. Till then you will only see incremental changes."
Java is still good. Better than that .NET rip off by MS. They copied it, like they copy everything. Not that is wrong, but what have MS done? They gave the people a stupid ineficient bloated insecure OS. Great achievement.
Member since:2005-07-07
What does Linus (a kernel) have to do with Windows? Where is the "copying" you say? Linus exists since 1991 and the current Windows kernel came after Linux. So how Linus copied Windows??
Linus is no copy! Linus was created! By act of natural creation! Linus is no clone! If u sink he is clone, then show any other person look like Linus! Is not true!
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2005-07-10
So you blame windows for progress now. What has anyone else done for progress? Software industry as a whole lacked innovation and kind of stalled on innovation.
Microsoft on the other hand still brought ease of use of wireless, easy DVD/CD burning and playing etc.
In general software industry is becoming stagnant but i wouldn't blame it on Microsoft.
What else have people done? What linux brings to table other than copying windows?
Java was good but Sun's stupidity ruined it. Now let us wait for the next big thing. Till then you will only see incremental changes.