Life is seldom simple so we must make sense of the twist and turns
From the category archives:
Microsoft released a beta of Windows 7 that is getting good reviews so being curious I decided to take a look.
In the past I’ve posted more then a few curt comments and jokes about Microsoft and Windows Vista. My scorn didn’t originate simply from being a Mac OS X user, which provides a baseline for [...]
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Microsoft has announced that it will be making available an early test version of its next Windows OS, “Windows 7,” early next year (2009). According to Microsoft, Windows 7 will do away with most of the nagging problems that have plagued users with Vista, while maintaining Vista’s good features.
I don’t know if this early test [...]
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I recently watched the third of Microsoft’s new ads, “I’m a PC and I’m not alone,” and I thought perhaps more of the story needed to be told:
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It appears that Microsoft has an upcoming $300 million ad campaign that is geared towards convincing those misinformed that Vista is better then being told. A hurdle to overcome will be that not all who have a voice are so misinformed:
Microsoft’s biggest challenge is not in convincing us how misinformed we are about [...]
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It’s not turning out to be a good public relations week for Microsoft, as the following links indicate:
Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That’s Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen – TechCrunch
Microsoft Designed Vista’s UAC to “Annoy Users” – DailyTech
Gartner Analysts Predicting Doom and Gloom for Microsoft Windows – eWeek
Windows at risk of “collapsing,” say [...]
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The very hungry Windows Home Server continues to whet its appetite on unfortunate users files as the scope of the problem grows and grows – Windows Home Server Broken Until June 2008, DailyTECH
I didn’t realize until seeing article above that there was a problem of this nature with WHS.
In fairness, some commenters to this article [...]
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The screen went black and then in a few moments a booting Microsoft Windows XP screen appeared and the system began a long boot up process that included checking for updates and current firmware for devices.
…Out of curiosity I asked if they knew what could have caused this and my question was relayed to the support person.
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I agree with him.Richard, in his post, quotes the statement that “With open source development, you are getting the “Wisdom of Crowds.” Maybe in some cases, but it’s also been my experience that what you often get is multiple opinions, a lack of focus and difficulty in setting direction…. I’m not crazy about it being locked to only Apple’s hardware but at least the hardware it’s locked to is decent and I have to admit it makes for consistent experience.
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Windows was the standard at work and Microsoft Office was the standard office application package…. Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac was the software application that for me made the hardware switch to Mac feasible.Now, I find myself at the point where I’m uninstalling Microsoft Office for Mac. My reason’s: I find I only use it as a case of last resort;Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is not a universal application and runs slow on Intel Mac’s; I’m tired of the application feature bloat that has become part of most Microsoft applications; andI don’t want to spend the big bucks($) to upgrade to Office 2008 for Mac when they finally release it.For me, Microsoft Office for Mac has went from being a critical piece of software to being not required.
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According to Ars Technica, It appears that Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage servers are suffering a worldwide outage:Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage, problems galore:Late last night we started receiving reports from readers experiencing problems with Windows Genuine Advantage authentication. Users of both Windows XP and Windows Vista were writing to say that they could not validate their installations using WGA, and one user even said that his installation was invalidated by the service.We contacted our sources at Microsoft, who told us off the record that the company is aware of a major WGA server outage affecting users across the globe…. Windows Vista and XP are affected, 32- and 64-bit versions…….Right now we don’t have official word on a cause, but one source with familiarity with WGA tells us that the issue may be caused by updates to the service that were required after Microsoft expanded the number of activations keys available for Windows XP.
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I know things are not good in “Vista Land” when Jim Louderback, the former editor-in-chief of PC Magazine and Microsoft Window fan boy, expresses serious doubts about Vista as he’s writing his last column..”I’ve been a big proponent of the new OS over the past few months, even going so far as loading it onto most of my computers and spending hours tweaking and optimizing it,” Mr. Louderback wrote…. Loudenback went even further in stating…”I definitely gave Microsoft too much of a free pass on this operating system: I expected it to get the kinks worked out more quickly…. If Microsoft can’t get Vista working, I might just do the unthinkable: I might move to Linux.”I don’t think that’s the “WOW” Microsoft was striving for, but it’s certainly the one they seem to be getting lately.
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SoFoBoMo '09
