Vista Adoption in Enterprises Less than 10%
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Feb 2009 21:23 UTC
Windows Windows Vista has never exactly been a favourite subject among company IT people. Migrating from Windows XP to Windows Vista isn't exactly a worry-free process, and machines that run Windows XP comfortably may have trouble powering Windows vista. As such, adoption of Vista has been slow. Two years after Vista's release, the OS is still struggling in the enterprise sector, according to a Forrester report.
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RE: Windows 7 = Vista 2
by BallmerKnowsBest on Tue 3rd Feb 2009 21:09 UTC in reply to "Windows 7 = Vista 2"
BallmerKnowsBest
Member since:
2008-06-02

Astroturfing is rife.


You might want to try learning what a word means before you start to use it. Here's a free hint: it's not a synonym for "fanboi" or "troll" or "anyone who isn't a rabid open source fundamentalist," as you seem to think.

It has been defended by the faithful including Moderators here ruthlessly.


It's also given you, and the rest of the mindless "anything but Microsoft" drones two years worth of stuff to whine and moan about. I'd think you'd be grateful for Vista.

The saddest think is all these companies are sticking to XP an 8 year old OS.


Which goes to show that Linux and OS X STILL can't catch up with Windows, even with an 8 year handicap in their favour. Truly pathetic.

Microsoft Fanatics are clinking to Windows 7 which I suspect will still be DRMed, has serious activation issues, is anti-capitalist, and overpriced.


LOL! Freetards like you take your anti-Microsoft obsession to the point where it could be diagnosed as a psychological disorder.

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RE[2]: Windows 7 = Vista 2
by cyclops on Wed 4th Feb 2009 00:11 in reply to "RE: Windows 7 = Vista 2"
cyclops Member since:
2006-03-12

Putting LOL at the front of something does not make for a compelling argument.

"rabid open source fundamentalist"; "Freetards"
"anything but Microsoft";"anti-Microsoft obsession"
"Linux and OS X STILL can't catch up with Windows"

I picked out all your comments, and thats the problem. Thats why I don't really post. Their is no animated technical discussion; no license discussion; no comparison of development models; not even a discussion on price. The best you can do is try and demonise the individual.

"Linux and OS X STILL can't catch up with Windows"
Make it a mantra. It won't change the facts. OS X has been better for years. Linux needed critical applications/3D Support/Wireless and has those now, but the underlying OS is simply better in every way. Vista 2 may go some way to regress that balance, but Vista had no compelling features and several regressions. I see Smoke and Mirrors performance twinned with limiting the Damage created by Vista, and it still contains all the garbage I hate DRM + Activation + Tilt Bits + Spyware + Microsoft Crapware + Hardware Locked + IE + WMP + Antivirus + Antispyware + All the other irremovable garbage that has better alternatives elseware + Battleling 100 limitations of the OS, and I miss out on Multiple Desktops + 100's of application updating at the touch of a button and at no cost; better alternatives like Banshee and Firefox + Consistent front ends to Hardware from Scanners to Wireless Networking with so much freedom with a few clicks I can copy all my OS+Applications onto a Flash Drive.

And whats the future for Microsoft the second coming Windows 7 a new UI; the much talked about calculator; the cloud[sic] computing; performance regressions limited. With compatibility and Driver Support that having Vista out for two years has brought. Did I miss something in the hype!! Nothing compelling now by the wime the 9.04 and the 9.10 releases come around it will look even less than it is now.

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BallmerKnowsBest Member since:
2008-06-02

Putting LOL at the front of something does not make for a compelling argument.


LOL, sounds like you got hung up in the first word of the sentence and didn't bother reading the rest of it.

"rabid open source fundamentalist"; "Freetards"
"anything but Microsoft";"anti-Microsoft obsession"
"Linux and OS X STILL can't catch up with Windows"

I picked out all your comments, and thats the problem.


And I see you haven't tried to deny any of them. In fact, you've proven most of them with your response.

Thats why I don't really post.


Glad to help.

Their is no animated technical discussion; no license discussion; no comparison of development models; not even a discussion on price.


And what have you contributed, sonny? Other than constantly raving about how "oh noes, Micros$$soft is evil!!!!!1111", that is.

The best you can do is try and demonise the individual.


You were labeling people as "astroturfers" just one post ago, and now you're trying to claim the moral high ground? That's adorable.

"Linux and OS X STILL can't catch up with Windows"
Make it a mantra. It won't change the facts.


Sorry, chum(p), but trying to ignore the truth won't make it go away. The proof is in the pudding - Windows is still the most popular OS in existence.

Linux needed critical applications/3D Support/Wireless and has those now, but the underlying OS is simply better in every way.


Yeah, that must be why Linux netbooks have such a high return rate.

And whats the future for Microsoft the second coming Windows 7 a new UI; [... blah blah blah, more "anything-but-Microsoft" ranting ...]


And despite all your impotent railing against it, Windows 7 will STILL have an exponentially-larger installed based than either Linux or OS X only a few months after it's released.

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RE[2]: Windows 7 = Vista 2
by Soulbender on Wed 4th Feb 2009 17:14 in reply to "RE: Windows 7 = Vista 2"
Soulbender Member since:
2005-08-18

You're both equally lame and boring.

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BallmerKnowsBest Member since:
2008-06-02

Sorry, Chuckles, but no one asked.

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