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Author: nessunonessuno Date: Mar 1, 2008 15:05
This is a rant. I'm sorry.
I am not sure how the company lost sight of what matters to our
customers (both business and home) the most, but in my view we lost
our way. I think our teams lost sight of what bug-free means, what
resilience means, what full scenarios mean, what security means, what
performance means, how important current applications are, and really
understanding what the most important problems [our] customers face
are. I see lots of random features and some great vision, but that
doesn't translate onto great products.
I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft. If you run
the equivalent of VPC on a MAC you get access to basically all Windows
application software (although not the hardware). Apple did not lose
their way. You must watch this new video below. I know this doesn't
show anything for businesses, but my point is about the philosophy
that Apple uses. They think scenario. They think simple. They think
fast. I know there is nothing hugely deep in this.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/video/ilife04_32C.html [Note: link no
longer works]
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Author: High Plains ThumperHigh Plains Thumper Date: Mar 1, 2008 16:48
> This is a rant. I'm sorry.
>
> I am not sure how the company lost sight of what matters to
> our customers (both business and home) the most, but in my
> view we lost our way. I think our teams lost sight of what
> bug-free means, what resilience means, what full scenarios
> mean, what security means, what performance means, how
> important current applications are, and really understanding
> what the most important problems [our] customers face are. I
> see lots of random features and some great vision, but that
> doesn't translate onto great products.
>
> I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft. If
> you run the equivalent of VPC on a MAC you get access to
> basically all Windows application software (although not the
> hardware). Apple did not lose their way. You must watch this
> new video below. I know this doesn't show anything for
> businesses, but my point is about the philosophy that Apple
> uses. They think scenario. They think simple. They think fast. ...
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Author: Ramon F HerreraRamon F Herrera Date: Mar 1, 2008 16:58
On Mar 1, 8:48 pm, High Plains Thumper
wrote:
>> This is a rant. I'm sorry.
>
>> I am not sure how the company lost sight of what matters to
>> our customers (both business and home) the most, but in my
>> view we lost our way. I think our teams lost sight of what
>> bug-free means, what resilience means, what full scenarios
>> mean, what security means, what performance means, how
>> important current applications are, and really understanding
>> what the most important problems [our] customers face are. I
>> see lots of random features and some great vision, but that
>> doesn't translate onto great products.
>
>> I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft. If
>> you run the equivalent of VPC on a MAC you get access to
>> basically all Windows application software (although not the
>> hardware). Apple did not lose their way. You must watch this
>> new video below. I know this doesn't show anything for ...
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Author: High Plains ThumperHigh Plains Thumper Date: Mar 1, 2008 18:49
Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>> nessuno wrote:
>>
>>> [quote] I must tell you everything in my soul tells me
>>> that we should do what I called plan (b) yesterday We need
>>> a simple fast storage system. LH is a pig and I don't see
>>> any solution to this problem. If we are to rise to the
>>> challenge of Linux and Apple, we need to start taking the
>>> lessons of "scenario, simple, fast" to heart. jim[/quote]
>>>
>>> http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/110354.asp>>
>> After reading the various blogs and articles by unhappy
>> campers on the usenet, I get the impression that Vista is a
>> convoluted mess. I thus conclude that Vista's unpopularity
>> is the best boost the Linux movement has ever needed, so I
>> would not apologise for it being a rant.
>>
>> Reading about the various court actions against Microsoft ...
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Author: Erik FunkenbuschErik Funkenbusch Date: Mar 1, 2008 19:03
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:48:11 -0700, High Plains Thumper wrote:
> After reading the various blogs and articles by unhappy campers
> on the usenet, I get the impression that Vista is a convoluted
> mess. I thus conclude that Vista's unpopularity is the best
> boost the Linux movement has ever needed, so I would not
> apologise for it being a rant.
Lots of people have been claiming that for the last 2 years, yet there has
been remarkably little measurable desktop movement towards Linux. Maybe
more people towards OSX, but even that hasn't shown any real groundswell of
movement.
So, two years later, where are all the switchers?
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Author: Moshe GoldfarbMoshe Goldfarb Date: Mar 1, 2008 19:26
On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 22:03:06 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:48:11 -0700, High Plains Thumper wrote:
>
>> After reading the various blogs and articles by unhappy campers
>> on the usenet, I get the impression that Vista is a convoluted
>> mess. I thus conclude that Vista's unpopularity is the best
>> boost the Linux movement has ever needed, so I would not
>> apologise for it being a rant.
>
> Lots of people have been claiming that for the last 2 years, yet there has
> been remarkably little measurable desktop movement towards Linux. Maybe
> more people towards OSX, but even that hasn't shown any real groundswell of
> movement.
>
> So, two years later, where are all the switchers?
In Roy Schestowitz's, [Homer]'s, Mark Kent's etc mind(s).
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Author: High Plains ThumperHigh Plains Thumper Date: Mar 1, 2008 20:21
Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>>
>>> After reading the various blogs and articles by unhappy
>>> campers on the usenet, I get the impression that Vista is
>>> a convoluted mess. I thus conclude that Vista's
>>> unpopularity is the best boost the Linux movement has ever
>>> needed, so I would not apologise for it being a rant.
>>
>> Lots of people have been claiming that for the last 2 years,
>> yet there has been remarkably little measurable desktop
>> movement towards Linux. Maybe more people towards OSX, but
>> even that hasn't shown any real groundswell of movement.
>>
>> So, two years later, where are all the switchers?
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Author: Tim SmithTim Smith Date: Mar 1, 2008 20:26
In article funkenbusch.com>,
Erik Funkenbusch despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:> Lots of people have been claiming that for the last 2 years, yet there has
> been remarkably little measurable desktop movement towards Linux. Maybe
> more people towards OSX, but even that hasn't shown any real groundswell of
> movement.
>
> So, two years later, where are all the switchers?
Maybe Mark Kent is right and they've ditched their desktop PCs and are
now doing all their computing on PS3. :-)
Where they really are is on XP, most likely. That's a blow to
Microsoft's pride, but not much more. When your problem is that people
want to give you lots of money, but via a different route than you
wanted them to...well, that's a problem that is easy to live with!
--
--Tim Smith
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Author: Mushi GoldfartMushi Goldfart Date: Mar 1, 2008 21:25
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Author: ClogwogClogwog Date: Mar 2, 2008 03:11
"High Plains Thumper" schreef in bericht
news:47c9f94e$0$584$6e1ede2f@read.cnntp.org...>> This is a rant. I'm sorry.
>>
>> I am not sure how the company lost sight of what matters to
>> our customers (both business and home) the most, but in my
>> view we lost our way. I think our teams lost sight of what
>> bug-free means, what resilience means, what full scenarios
>> mean, what security means, what performance means, how
>> important current applications are, and really understanding
>> what the most important problems [our] customers face are. I
>> see lots of random features and some great vision, but that doesn't
>> translate onto great products.
>>
>> I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft. If
>> you run the equivalent of VPC on a MAC you get access to
>> basically all Windows application software (although not the
>> hardware). Apple did not lose their way. You must watch this
>> new video below. I know this doesn't show anything for ...
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