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Re: Vista is "New Coke"
Bill Yanaire wrote:
> "Alias" <aka@mascaradoyanónimo.jo> wrote in message
> news:g6kmma$9tf$1@aioe.org...
>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>>> "Alias" <aka@mascaradoyanónimo.jo> wrote in message
>>> news:g6km45$2le$1@aioe.org...
>>>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>>>>> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:g6klf2$ta8$1@aioe.org...
>>>>>> Fritz wrote:
>>>>>>> This is a support newsgroup - not a whinning forum. There are places
>>>>>>> on the net where you can complain about Vista all you want. This
>>>>>>> isn't one of them.
>>>>>> And what can you do about it besides whine about the whining?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>> And what can you do other than wine and complain argue with everyone?
>>>> I haven't drunk wine in over seven years.
>>>>
>>>>> Why not attend to your 3 companies?
>>>> I am.
>>> Sure you are. I am attending Microsoft board meetings later on today.
>> Liar.
>>
>>>
>>>>> Oh I forgot, they run themselves and just sit back and collect the
>>>>> Euros.
>>>> No, you forget that you don't have the foggiest idea what businesses I
>>>> am involved in and never will.
>>> So you afraid to tell people what your 3 business are?
>> Why should I?
>
> Why shouldn't you? I am not saying post the names, but post the types of
> businesses.
Computer repair and cultural exchange. I've already posted that.
>>> We don't know your real name or who you are so even if you told the
>>> truth, what would it hurt?
>> Because of the low lifes like you and Frank who would try to use the
>> information to denigrate me, of course. Would you post where you work,
>> your boss' name and your name? Of course, with all the time you're
>> posting, it's doubtful you have a job.
>
> I wouldn't post where I work but I have mentioned many times that I work for
> myself and I do software development. Big deal so you know that.
No, I didn't. What software have you developed? Anything well known?
Alias
>
>
>>> But anyway, with all the time you spend in this forum, even if you had 3
>>> businesses, I'm sure they are very small.
>> They're not that big but I make enough to live very comfortably, thank you
>> very much. As I have told you before, you won't see me posting in the
>> morning, Spain time. The same is true for most of the afternoon. In fact,
>> a client is coming up to see me right now and I won't be posting for
>> hours.
>>
>>>>> Don't believe it for a second.
>>>> And the reason you think I care what you believe is?
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>> Never said you cared. Stop reading into comments.
>> You were addressing me or did you think you were talking to yourself
>> again?
>>
>> Alias
>>>
>
> You a bit cranky today?
>
>
>>>>>>> "zuoer" <XP@ru.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:488dd1d6@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>>>>>>> Remember that some of these companies have contracts with Microsoft,
>>>>>>>> and that means that they are paying them anyway, even if they don't
>>>>>>>> install Vista...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just imagine how much they have vista, if they are paying them, but
>>>>>>>> still prefer XP.. LOL
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Vista is so crap!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Vista-is-New-Coke-/0,130061733,339290844,00.htm?feed=rss
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Vista is "New Coke"
>>>>>>>> Mike Ricciuti , CNET News.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 25 July 2008 07:20 AM
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In a new study, Forrester Research uncovers some good news for
>>>>>>>> Microsoft: Vista usage among US businesses is up by more than 40
>>>>>>>> percent since January. The bad news: still, less than 10 per cent of
>>>>>>>> the 50,000 companies surveyed use Vista.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> More troubling for Microsoft may be the fact that most of those
>>>>>>>> Vista installs are replacing versions of Windows other than Windows
>>>>>>>> XP, which remains popular with both businesses and consumers.
>>>>>>>> Forrester said 87.1 per cent of companies surveyed continue to use
>>>>>>>> Windows XP.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the report, Forrester analyst Thomas Mendel wrote that Vista is
>>>>>>>> "New Coke," and saw a strong case for bypassing the release
>>>>>>>> altogether.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Windows 7 is penciled for release in Q1 2010. And who knows, by
>>>>>>>> then, Apple may have even gotten its enterprise act together,"
>>>>>>>> Mendel writes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Microsoft has been touting the fact that Vista adoption is actually
>>>>>>>> on par with past releases, pointing to some new customers, such as
>>>>>>>> the U.S. Air Force. Microsoft Senior Vice President Bill Veghte told
>>>>>>>> ZDNet.com.au sister site CNET News on Wednesday in the US that at
>>>>>>>> the end of June, Vista was actually tracking slightly ahead of
>>>>>>>> Windows XP in corporate adoption at the same stage in its lifecycle.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But even some of the company's showcase early adopter customers are
>>>>>>>> moving more slowly to Vista than originally planned. Continental
>>>>>>>> Airlines said in June of last year that it expected to have 7,000 to
>>>>>>>> 10,000 desktops moved to the operating system by the end of last
>>>>>>>> year. As of May, it had only shifted about 2,600 machines to Vista.
>>>>>>>> Continental now expects the majority of its machines to be on Vista
>>>>>>>> by the end of this year, according to a recent white paper.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>
Bill Yanaire wrote:
> "Alias" <aka@mascaradoyanónimo.jo> wrote in message
> news:g6kmma$9tf$1@aioe.org...
>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>>> "Alias" <aka@mascaradoyanónimo.jo> wrote in message
>>> news:g6km45$2le$1@aioe.org...
>>>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>>>>> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:g6klf2$ta8$1@aioe.org...
>>>>>> Fritz wrote:
>>>>>>> This is a support newsgroup - not a whinning forum. There are places
>>>>>>> on the net where you can complain about Vista all you want. This
>>>>>>> isn't one of them.
>>>>>> And what can you do about it besides whine about the whining?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>> And what can you do other than wine and complain argue with everyone?
>>>> I haven't drunk wine in over seven years.
>>>>
>>>>> Why not attend to your 3 companies?
>>>> I am.
>>> Sure you are. I am attending Microsoft board meetings later on today.
>> Liar.
>>
>>>
>>>>> Oh I forgot, they run themselves and just sit back and collect the
>>>>> Euros.
>>>> No, you forget that you don't have the foggiest idea what businesses I
>>>> am involved in and never will.
>>> So you afraid to tell people what your 3 business are?
>> Why should I?
>
> Why shouldn't you? I am not saying post the names, but post the types of
> businesses.
Computer repair and cultural exchange. I've already posted that.
>>> We don't know your real name or who you are so even if you told the
>>> truth, what would it hurt?
>> Because of the low lifes like you and Frank who would try to use the
>> information to denigrate me, of course. Would you post where you work,
>> your boss' name and your name? Of course, with all the time you're
>> posting, it's doubtful you have a job.
>
> I wouldn't post where I work but I have mentioned many times that I work for
> myself and I do software development. Big deal so you know that.
No, I didn't. What software have you developed? Anything well known?
Alias
>
>
>>> But anyway, with all the time you spend in this forum, even if you had 3
>>> businesses, I'm sure they are very small.
>> They're not that big but I make enough to live very comfortably, thank you
>> very much. As I have told you before, you won't see me posting in the
>> morning, Spain time. The same is true for most of the afternoon. In fact,
>> a client is coming up to see me right now and I won't be posting for
>> hours.
>>
>>>>> Don't believe it for a second.
>>>> And the reason you think I care what you believe is?
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>> Never said you cared. Stop reading into comments.
>> You were addressing me or did you think you were talking to yourself
>> again?
>>
>> Alias
>>>
>
> You a bit cranky today?
>
>
>>>>>>> "zuoer" <XP@ru.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:488dd1d6@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>>>>>>> Remember that some of these companies have contracts with Microsoft,
>>>>>>>> and that means that they are paying them anyway, even if they don't
>>>>>>>> install Vista...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just imagine how much they have vista, if they are paying them, but
>>>>>>>> still prefer XP.. LOL
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Vista is so crap!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Vista-is-New-Coke-/0,130061733,339290844,00.htm?feed=rss
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Vista is "New Coke"
>>>>>>>> Mike Ricciuti , CNET News.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 25 July 2008 07:20 AM
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In a new study, Forrester Research uncovers some good news for
>>>>>>>> Microsoft: Vista usage among US businesses is up by more than 40
>>>>>>>> percent since January. The bad news: still, less than 10 per cent of
>>>>>>>> the 50,000 companies surveyed use Vista.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> More troubling for Microsoft may be the fact that most of those
>>>>>>>> Vista installs are replacing versions of Windows other than Windows
>>>>>>>> XP, which remains popular with both businesses and consumers.
>>>>>>>> Forrester said 87.1 per cent of companies surveyed continue to use
>>>>>>>> Windows XP.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the report, Forrester analyst Thomas Mendel wrote that Vista is
>>>>>>>> "New Coke," and saw a strong case for bypassing the release
>>>>>>>> altogether.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Windows 7 is penciled for release in Q1 2010. And who knows, by
>>>>>>>> then, Apple may have even gotten its enterprise act together,"
>>>>>>>> Mendel writes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Microsoft has been touting the fact that Vista adoption is actually
>>>>>>>> on par with past releases, pointing to some new customers, such as
>>>>>>>> the U.S. Air Force. Microsoft Senior Vice President Bill Veghte told
>>>>>>>> ZDNet.com.au sister site CNET News on Wednesday in the US that at
>>>>>>>> the end of June, Vista was actually tracking slightly ahead of
>>>>>>>> Windows XP in corporate adoption at the same stage in its lifecycle.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But even some of the company's showcase early adopter customers are
>>>>>>>> moving more slowly to Vista than originally planned. Continental
>>>>>>>> Airlines said in June of last year that it expected to have 7,000 to
>>>>>>>> 10,000 desktops moved to the operating system by the end of last
>>>>>>>> year. As of May, it had only shifted about 2,600 machines to Vista.
>>>>>>>> Continental now expects the majority of its machines to be on Vista
>>>>>>>> by the end of this year, according to a recent white paper.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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