[Cialug] Windows 7 Hotcakes

[Dave Hala Jr]

You assume that people are making a choice to use Vista/Windows 7. They
aren't. They are just making a choice to get a new computer and whatever
it comes with, is what they get.

When you explain the options to them and explain the differance between
Vista/7/Mac/Linux, most feel like Windows is the best choice.

When was the last time someone emailed a .wmv file to your mom, running
linux and she could view it by just clicking on it? Same with the newer
versions of word and excel. The average person wants an appliance where
everything works.

I gave up trying to get .wmv files to play on my centos 5 x64 machine.
I've got actual work to get done, I don't have time to screw around with
it, I'm actually money ahead to just put a windows 7 laptop on my desk
next to my Linux machine.

I'm not knocking Open Office, I use it, but people send me stuff all the
time in the newer formats and its a hassle.  Until that goes away,
Windows 7 and Vista, won't suck, no matter how much they suck.


:) Dave

On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 07:50 -0600, Todd Walton wrote:
> The headlines have it: "Windows 7 tops Vista in early consumer sales
> by more than 200%".
> 
> This is like getting burned on the stove top, coming back an hour
> later and noticing that somebody cleaned off the stove top and
> sticking your hand back on it.  Nothing has changed in the Windows
> world if Microsoft can screw up as badly as Vista and people still
> come back for more.  You'd think they'd be wary at least.
> 
> --
> Todd
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