Gruber writes:
For all the problems with Vista, Microsoft’s profits and revenues are just fine.
regarding the comments in The New York Times.
Bill Veghte, a Microsoft senior vice president, sent a letter to customers reassuring them there would be minimal changes to Windows’ essential code. “Our approach with Windows 7,†he wrote, “is to build off the same core architecture as Windows Vista so the investments you and our partners have made in Windows Vista will continue to pay off with Windows 7.â€
This is the issue here. Without serious re-education on what computers should do, most people will be happy to use XP for the next decade and only go to Vista or Windows 7 when they need to get a new machine (because the old one has gotten to the point that it’s slow and clogged up with malware) as it’s cheaper for a home user to buy a new computer than to get it cleaned ‘professionally’.
How did we get here? Would anyone have thought, at the dawn of the digital age, we’d be hamstrung like we are now? On the other hand, we had the promise of flying cars and silver suits.
You’ve hit the nail on the head with the education aspect Matt.
In computer science terms an operating system is a mechanism which allows a person to use applications: people shouldn’t need to get new hardware just to be capable of running a new OS…
It’s a consequence of increased inflation and really cheap hardware.
IT people need to eat and keep a roof over their heads and put fuel in their cars. Hardware got REALLY cheap recently – i.e. the Asus eee PC.