Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Nov 2008 14:33 UTC
Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is in full swing this week, hot on the heels of the recent PDC. The main subject is, of course, Windows 7. This being a conference focused on hardware makers, Microsoft made a whole slew of announcements related to how Windows 7 will deal with hardware.
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RE: Should Vista licensees get free 7 Upgrade?
by melkor on Fri 7th Nov 2008 02:05
in reply to "Should Vista licensees get free 7 Upgrade?"
Member since:2006-12-16
kde4 in record rewrite time? What world are you living in! KDE 4 was postponed several times, and then kde 4.0 was a pre release technology release (KDE did say that this would be the case, so I'm not bashing them).
Vista is just fine, I don't know what people are complaining about, 4-5 months now, not an issue. It just runs nicely.
Dave
RE[2]: Should Vista licensees get free 7 Upgrade?
by lemur2 on Fri 7th Nov 2008 04:41
in reply to "RE: Should Vista licensees get free 7 Upgrade?"
Member since:2007-02-17
kde4 in record rewrite time? What world are you living in! KDE 4 was postponed several times, and then kde 4.0 was a pre release technology release (KDE did say that this would be the case, so I'm not bashing them).
Name any other desktop system, including KDE3, that has become as functional as KDE4 in anywhere near the same timeframe.
KDE4, timed from the point of having no code at all until now when it has become stable and functional enough to be useable and comparable with other desktops in current use, is world-record-pace of development. KDE4 is by far and away the youngest codebase for any contemporary desktop system with a comparable level of capability.
Vista is just fine, I don't know what people are complaining about, 4-5 months now, not an issue. It just runs nicely. Dave
Vista runs fine if your purpose for Vista is to: DRM-encumber consumers; restrict and control what they can do; take ownership of their own machines and their own data away from them; require them to upgrade to the latest hardware; lock them in to a sole-source software supplier and charge them a lot of money for the privelege.
If, however, your purpose is to own and operate your own computing resource at minimal expense and difficulty and maximum cost-effectiveness, security and utility, then Vista is an absolute dog.
Edited 2008-11-07 04:51 UTC
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2006-01-28
Is there absolutely anyone around at this stage that does not see Vista as Windows Millennium reloaded?
If Microsoft had any business sense, they would provide a free upgrade to anyone who has an original windows vista license. That would do more for their reputation than any major marketing campaign could and it would give them a much needed public relations boost.
I have been running Mandriva on a Medion Akoya netbook and the experience is very smooth and elegant. At the local universities where I have been lecturing, I have seen linux laptops and netbooks popping up everywhere, many of them upgraded from their existing Vista installations. If this trend continues, Microsoft will really be in trouble in 4-6 years. Their development model simply does not scale as well as what the FLOSS community has been able to accomplish as of late: kde4 as a complete rewrite in record time, the linux kernel near ubiquity in all kinds of devices, etc.
A healthy option at this point would be for Microsoft to hedge their bets by preparing a Linux version of some of their applications.