Linked by David Adams on Sun 5th Oct 2008 02:58 UTC
Windows XP just refuses to die. Have you ever notice that in movies they hit the bad guy just hard enough to stun him, then go about their business with their back turned to him while he slowly gets up and surprises them by attacking again? In this allegory, Microsoft management is the cute couple and XP is the villain: "Microsoft's deadline for allowing OEMs to sell PCs with systems that are "downgraded" from Windows Vista to XP is still a moving target. Initially planned to expire on June 30 of this year, Microsoft at first granted an extension to July 31. However, OEMs are still selling the downgrade option (often for a premium) and, according to new reports, the deadline apparently has been officially extended for six more months to January 31, 2009. The information is based on one leaked email sent to an OEM."
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Member since:2007-08-11
Look, lets face it, there are problems with drivers in Vista. Is that Microsoft's fault? No.
Creative drivers come to mind from my own experience. I don't blame Microsoft at all. I blame Creative.
Creative drivers come to mind from my own experience. I don't blame Microsoft at all. I blame Creative.
It is as much Microsoft's fault as any hardware incompatibility on Linux is Linux's fault.
Does that change your views at all?
If not, then i'm with you on this one.
RE[4]: run XP on Vista
by StephenBeDoper on Mon 6th Oct 2008 19:47
in reply to "RE[3]: run XP on Vista"
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Member since:2007-02-17
Look, lets face it, there are problems with drivers in Vista. Is that Microsoft's fault? No.
If there are driver problems in Linux, say with a Broadcomm wireless device ... who to blame then? Until recently Broadcomm refused to release drivers for Linux, even though Broadcomm had them, and even though a customer had paid for their device (say as part of a laptop purchase) and that customer wanted to run Linux.
Yet most "internet gurus" would want to blame Linux for that.
If Linux cops it for poor driver support, even when it is clearly not the fault of Linux, then so too (by the same illogic) should Vista cop the blame when it has poor drivers.
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2005-12-15
Look, lets face it, there are problems with drivers in Vista. Is that Microsoft's fault? No.
Creative drivers come to mind from my own experience. I don't blame Microsoft at all. I blame Creative.
Edited 2008-10-05 11:35 UTC