Do NOT use Vista

12 Feb 2007 10:51 PM

x1a4

Below are just some of the multitude and ever growing reasons not to
use Vista, for a whole lot more visit:
http://badvista.fsf.org/portal_factory/Document/search?portal_type=rss_item&sort_on=getRssDate&sort_order=reverse&getRssID:list=2

IBM will not use Windows Vista - but will move to Linux desktops
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/5436/

Government agency tells schools to shun Vista
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39285414,00.htm

Becta report slams Microsoft academic licensing, dismisses Vista
http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/01/becta_report_sl.html

Long list of Vista bugs
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=402

Vista is not an option
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36653

12 Feb 2007 11:14 PM

Ian

The other side of the coin, that inseparable other face of Vista, is DRM.
Personally, I don't want a computer with DRM built-in. I don't suppose many
people do. I don't use my computer to play licensed content, so all that DRM
stuff is just a liability, increasing the chance of nasty things happening.
If there's one reason I won't use Vista, that is it.

Linux? Like most people I've never really spent the time learning how to use
it effectively, beyond setting-up a php webserver with it (which suprisingly
turned-out to be easier than on Windows..) If I was faced with the situation
of no longer being able to use DRM-free Windows though, the choice between
Vista or Linux would be a no-brainer.

12 Feb 2007 11:38 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi

Historically a similar situation was at the turn of the 20th century.

At that time it was the people in the "Horse and Carriage Industry" advising
people who want to switch to the New Horseless carriages (AKA Cars), No to
do so cause it is dangerous.

I guess you are still using a Horse and a carriage?

Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"x1a4" <nobody@nodomain> wrote in message
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> Below are just some of the multitude and ever growing reasons not to
> use Vista, for a whole lot more visit:
> http://badvista.fsf.org/portal_factory/Document/search?portal_type=rss_item&sort_on=getRssDate&sort_order=reverse&getRssID:list=2
>
>
> IBM will not use Windows Vista - but will move to Linux desktops
> http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/5436/
>
> Government agency tells schools to shun Vista
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39285414,00.htm
>
> Becta report slams Microsoft academic licensing, dismisses Vista
> http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/01/becta_report_sl.html
>
> Long list of Vista bugs
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=402
>
> Vista is not an option
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36653
>

13 Feb 2007 9:17 AM

Noozer

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <J***@discussiongroup.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Historically a similar situation was at the turn of the 20th century.
>
> At that time it was the people in the "Horse and Carriage Industry"
> advising people who want to switch to the New Horseless carriages (AKA
> Cars), No to do so cause it is dangerous.
>
> I guess you are still using a Horse and a carriage?

I guess you think that it's OK for Microsoft to just decide to disable XXX
piece of hardware for EVERY Vista user on a whim?

You also find it acceptable that Vista must shut OFF video and audio output
unless Vista degrades the signal first?

13 Feb 2007 7:38 PM

Kerry Brown

The thread is off topic and your reply is even further off topic. Why not
post this to the Vista newsgroups? Is it maybe because it's old news that
has been debated there endlessly?

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

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> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <J***@discussiongroup.com> wrote in message
> news:%23C%23%23e7vTHHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> Historically a similar situation was at the turn of the 20th century.
>>
>> At that time it was the people in the "Horse and Carriage Industry"
>> advising people who want to switch to the New Horseless carriages (AKA
>> Cars), No to do so cause it is dangerous.
>>
>> I guess you are still using a Horse and a carriage?
>
> I guess you think that it's OK for Microsoft to just decide to disable XXX
> piece of hardware for EVERY Vista user on a whim?
>
> You also find it acceptable that Vista must shut OFF video and audio
> output unless Vista degrades the signal first?
>
>