Archive for category vista
Broken Windows Can’t Be Fixed
Microsoft Watch | Broken Windows Can’t Be Fixed. More on the decline in the relevance of Windows. Can’t disagree…
Microsoft: Vista feature designed to ‘annoy users’
Posted by in business, freaky, linux, microsoft, open source, philosophical, vista, windows on April 14, 2008
Microsoft: Vista feature designed to ‘annoy users’ – CNET News.com. Isn’t it nice to know that the software that you paid $200 was designed to piss you off? Doesn’t that make you happy?
Try Linux. It’s designed to not piss you off.
(How’s that for a catchy tag line?) 
Microsoft Windows 7 Exclusive
thebetaguy » Microsoft Windows 7 Exclusive. Very interesting. Especially if it ends up being true.
Martian Headsets
Martian Headsets – Joel on Software. A fantastic (and long!) writeup about the insane “web standards” battle.
I’m definitely a hell of a lot more of a pragmatist than I used to be, that’s for sure. And here’s a good reason why…
Seven Things We’d Like to See in Windows 7
ExtremeTech | Seven Things We’d Like to See in Windows 7. I couldn’t agree more.
Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs
Posted by in linux, microsoft, open source, philosophical, technical, vista, windows on December 10, 2007
DesktopLinux | Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs. It’s definitely looking more and more probable–especially due to the reasons cited in the article…
Microsoft “learning” from WGA failures, but the lesson should be: kill it
ArsTechnica | Microsoft “learning” from WGA failures, but the lesson should be: kill it. Fat chance that’ll happen. Of course, with the horrific failure that is Vista, they might have to start thinking about changing things up a bit…
Vista vs. desktop Linux: One year in
DesktopLinux | Vista vs. desktop Linux: One year in. It’s awfully hard to argue with the man…
Windows Vista: Five Broken Promises
Posted by in microsoft, philosophical, technical, vista, windows on September 18, 2007
ExtremeTech | Windows Vista: Five Broken Promises. And this is why I don’t like Microsoft. They promise the world, and deliver a pile of crap…
Windows-to-Linux migration
Techworld.com – Three steps to a full Windows-to-Linux migration. This is a nicely written step-by-step explanation of how to get it done.