Comments on: ‘Lining the pockets of Microsoft’

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:28:06 +0000

Yes, and as evidence of the bloated software they write (to milk consumers $$), consider this: ms office 2003 suite was released on 6 cds, while office 2007 was released on 1 cd (<700mb). a single disc providing all/most of the functionality of the old office suite.

my point is this: that m$ is deliberately producing shoddy, bloated software in order to create a market for upgrades, addons, etc.

with vista,
#1 you can no longer make proper copies and/or watch protected vids due to drm restrictions (think zune)
#2 audio stack has been replaced, so there’s no more eax whatsoever. games relying on that sounds terrible
#3 vista takes up >700mb ram when booted up
#4 vista copied mac os tiger, why isn’t m$ getting sued?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:54:52 +0000

I do mind lining Microsoft’s pockets. I am no techie, but do try to keep up with the latest computer security issues, and am appalled that we are still seeing numerous “critical” security updates for XP (years after XP was originally released). When I bought my home computer 6 years ago, I had Windows ME as OS, and eventually had to ditch it due to BSOD, constant hanging, etc. I am not impressed with the quality of the products Microsoft sells.

I am currently looking at Linux (Ubuntu distro) and OpenOffice, but am not sure that my computer skills are up to installing Linux.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:52:08 +0000

I really don’t mind lining the pockets of Microsoft.
They do make a good product that many of us use every day.
A new version means new features and a new look.
Also for many of us techies it gives us something new to learn and play with.
If new OS’s didn’t come out technology would be at a stand still.