Comments on: Is Microsoft making the same mistakes with Windows 7?

By: James Herbert

James Herbert — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:59:04 +0000

If Microsoft’s play book for Windows 7 is the same as it was for Vista then Windows 7 will also flop. I understand the need for increasingly larger OSes as resources larger. I also understand the need for security in the MS product and how Vista “addresses” this need in Vista.
Vista is just unusable. I have Vista Business 64bit and I do a good deal of testing software for use in the Microsoft courses I teach. Microsoft’s implementation of the c:\windows\winsxs folder is one indicator in how they failed. My winsxs folder is 10GB in size. I have partitioned my hard drive with a 40GB primary partition. I should not need 10% of a 40GB drive for Microsoft’s “DLL Hell” issue. A student performed a clean install of Vista and the winsxs folder was 5.8gb.
Windows XP also had the winsxs folder but the size of the folder was measured in MB not GB.

I am not the only one with this issue: http://del.icio.us/jh2fct/winsxs

The winsxs folder is just one example (and a glaring example at that) of how the OS was released prematurely, poorly tested, and without consulting the “beta testers” they brought on board. If they follow the same play book then Microsoft will watch as their reputation crumbles and Linux and Apple make huge gains in market share.

By: the Knight of Rick Roll

the Knight of Rick Roll — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:35:03 +0000

If iframes are not disabled, you must disable them! This will prevent others from using iframes in a more evil manner in the future. I also recommend Linux.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:24:22 +0000

Comments in the article are correct. Vista is an abject failure. They have not “sold” hundreds of millions of licenses. They have FORCED people to stomach hundreds of millions of licenses by discontinuing XP.
I just got a Dell flyer in the mail yesterday that boldly proclaimed, “Yes, you can still order a computer with XP.”
Obviously, Dell gets enough requests for this that it’s a serious marketing asset.

Unfortunately, after June, 2008, XP will no longer be available.

The article notes that by talking about Windows 7 so soon, it gives the impression that they (MS) are giving up on Vista.

YESSSSS! They are giving up. No kidding.

Amazingly, Apple is growing market share – something they have always had trouble doing. FINALLY, the current Windows version is so bad and so painful, that die-hard Windows users are looking at Apple seriously. That’s the only way you grow market share, by pulling users away from the competition. And that’s not easy in the PC vs Apple “war of religion.”