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   From: SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid>   
   Subject: Re: OT : More on Vista and that guy from NZ   
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   Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:19:56 GMT   
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   * Hadron wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > MCR  writes:   
      
   >> SINNER wrote:   
   >>> * Hadron wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
      
   >>>> With reference to CBFalconer's blind acceptance of that NZ "professors"   
   >>>> waffle:   
      
   >>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6286245.stm   
      
   >>>> As I said : scare mongering.   
      
      
      
   >>> Not sure its scare mongering. The bottom line is that if they can   
   >>> control content on MY pc because someone else says its OK, there are   
   >>> BOUND to be issues with this just as there are activation nightmares   
   >>> for legit users.   
      
   >>> They can keep Vista.   
      
      
   >> Yes.  Vista is the new WinME.  Unfortunately I think that it will get   
   >> widely adopted.  There is just enough for the average user to want   
   >> it. DX10 for the gamer, eye candy for the noob.  Improved security for   
   >> the business.  I think widespread adoption will make XP obsolete   
   >> quickly, I just hope a few people will jump ship to Ubuntu or any   
   >> other distro for that matter.   
      
   > The security enhancements are sufficient. Most office type apps for   
   > Windows are far more polished and stable than their OSS equivalents with   
   > Gimp being a notable exception.   
      
   Haven't seen the articles on the new version of office yet huh? Wait till   
   the consumers get a load of that.   
      
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/23/microsoft_office_2007_uptake/   
      
   and just for giggles:   
      
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/13/vista_training/   
      
   > I am a long believer that if the Linux   
   > crowd banded together better and stopped this pissing competition over   
   > Gnome/KDE etc and the distro hell then the Linux apps would approve and   
   > garner much more attention from the office crowd.   
      
   MS is taking care of that with the new Office release.    
      
   > I solely use Linux   
   > now, but I wouldnt say its office appps are as stable or as   
   > comprehensive as their Windows commercial counterparts. Which is to be   
   > expected since 90x more people use Windows in the office than do   
   > Linux. Most businesses dont care about the OS. They care about the   
   > apps. Apps with which they do their daily work.   
      
   Which will now cost them thousands of hours in lost  productivity with   
   this revelation MS is going to call Office 2007 that most companies will   
   not switch to for a Looooooonnnng Time anyway.   
      
   --    
   David   
   That woman speaks eight languages and can't say "no" in any of them.   
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