Nickname: tuxsavvy

Review: Let's not hope that Microsoft makes a half-hearted work attempt with Vista like they did with ME even though they didn't have much in pre-releases for ME at that time. Loki, to this date, Mac OS X runs on freebsd core which means ultimate stability unless you are foolish enough to crash it somehow. Very soon and I think its already out, they can run on average desktops (x86 platform). Microsoft Windows lacks RASIS compliance. Sure they don't because it's desktop OS but that does not mean they should be ignorant. The only best Windows OS released was NT, 2K and 2K is already running emulated DOS. Have a run at Windows ME if you don't know what I mean and take a look at Windows RG.

Date reviewed: Feb 1, 2006 1:35 AM

Nickname: prk166

Review: Microsoft obviously isn't going to be a huge growth stock. But the idea that shipping out a new operating system every 5 years is a bad thing misses the point. Even if you go through that expense, companies just won't do it. And while growth has cooled, revenues are up 33% for Q1 '05 from Q1 '02. Not bad for a company that didn't have a major operating system release during that time.

Date reviewed: Nov 21, 2005 4:32 PM

Nickname: Greasy Wick

Review: Microsoft's euphemism for "Accountability" is patches. Maybe that's why they are so tentative about releasing Vista. We can all expect shortly after Vista is released there will be an accountable patch. Microsoft's products are great, but so are the competitors. XP with all its patches is a robust operating system with little need of improvment. My thought is Microsoft is trying to sell us something we don't need, for the sake of Microsoft. I guess this remains to be seen. I will have a clearer understanding once I see Vista, with or without those stinking patches.

Date reviewed: Nov 21, 2005 1:17 PM

Nickname: renegade

Review: The future is Linux-free software, with no built in incompatability issues. Open source is replacing proprietary software. The IT world is now moving faster and chaotically and beyond the control of Microsoft. Microsoft only ever made a few good products--maybe Windows NT, VBA, Excel, and that's about it. The rest of the time it simply undercut the competition until the competition ran away. Microsoft has used its desktop prominence to cut competition out of other sectors. Microsoft is all about monopolizing market share and destroying competition by dropping the price until the competitor runs out of cash. Consumers need choice, not more bloated Microsoft fix-packs. As Arnie said "Asta la Vista, baby."

Date reviewed: Nov 21, 2005 9:50 AM

Nickname: Draconis

Review: Loki, do a little more research next time. Macs are far more widespread and viable then you think. And despite what you may believe, the market is tending towards a major shift. Microsoft is missing a lot of its dates, delivering what I consider to be an incomplete product, has had constant security issues, refuses to deliver a new Web browser technology until Firefox finally becomes viewed as a real threat. Yeah. Fanboism is fine. But next time, deliver facts instead of opinion stated as facts. Truth is, Macs are just as viable as Windows is and a heck of a lot more stable. Not to mention Apple releases Major OS upgrades every year. How long has it taken Microsoft since XP just to try to release Vista? And not every promised feature is going to make it into Vista as it stands. Yeah. I have a rule as a Tech. Use every tool that works. And never limit myself. Ever. Don't dismiss things so easily.

Date reviewed: Nov 20, 2005 4:27 AM

Nickname: Rob

Review: The Filesystem is getting cut out of Vista. It was already cut out of XP And 2K and NT 4.0 Ten years and counting.

Date reviewed: Nov 20, 2005 2:36 AM

Nickname: Loki

Review: Jarod, Apple has 3% may be 4% of the market and that's not going to change in a hurry. Windows blows the Mac operating system out of the water in both installed user base, new product abilities, and software available for the platform. Apple is making the Mac os for x86 hardware specific so hardly anyone will buy it. I know I'll watch TV on my Mac--ooops no I won't. Ok I'll play a game. Ooops again nope. Ok I'll, um I'll edit a picture in iPhoto. Yay, lol Media Centre kicks Mac os all over the place and Vista will be immeasurably stronger than OS X in every way. I spent the last month playing with a Mac and unless the only thing you want to do is edit pictures (which my PC can do just as well) then you're going to have a very expensive doorstop.

Date reviewed: Nov 19, 2005 10:24 PM

Nickname: Jarod

Review: It's game over for Microsoft I'm afraid. Too many insanely great alternatives out there. Apple for one is so far ahead in the game operating system wise, and Google had completely destroyed any Microsoft significance on the Web. Add this to the fact the Vista will be nothing more than a simple service pack with new icons requiring serious hardware upgrade. All the problems that plague Windows are still very much there and will only get worse. I've left Microsoft a long time ago, and have only seen good things since. I have a brand new Mac OS X Powerbook, and have since migrated our entire firm to Mac OS X as well using a combination of Mac minis and iMac G5s. Microsoft missed the boat, royally, this time around and I really think this time it's game over. Too many laws, regulations, and real players out there today--something that Microsoft never had to deal with before.

Date reviewed: Nov 19, 2005 2:08 PM

Nickname: Steve/Dave

Review: Accountability has always been there for employees, but not so much for managers. Microsoft also has been hiring many managers, but not so many workers, and as has been said: "Too many chefs spoil the soup!" No wonder the workers are grumbling.

Date reviewed: Nov 19, 2005 4:09 AM

Nickname: Steven

Review: Great Plains isn't a growth engine. It's a brake. Horrible software that's clunky and difficult to use.

Date reviewed: Nov 18, 2005 8:46 PM