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   GUI

   

   Jared, Apr 28th, 2005 @ 1:11pm

   
   

   It's interesting to see just how scared Mac zealots are. Many of their comments I've seen about the WinHEC alpha build focused on how horrible and what a ripoff the GUI was.
   
   The GUI, for lord's sake! It's in Alpha stage! The actual GUI isn't due to be released until late summer when the beta is released.

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   Microsoft is the only company that can get away wi

   

   nonuser, Apr 28th, 2005 @ 1:18pm

   
   

   violating Osborne's rule: do not denigrate your current product until the new one has been sent to manufacturing.
   That's another illustration of what a monopoly is about.

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   Re: Microsoft is the only company that can get awa

   

   amuser, Apr 28th, 2005 @ 2:09pm

   
   

   obviously you failed your economics classes; or took none at all. Newbie.

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   mike, Apr 28th, 2005 @ 6:48pm

   
   

   But Longhorn, now there's some real vaporware. Wake me in Q4 2006 when there is a product to talk about.

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   Re: Microsoft is the only company that can get awa

   

   Anonymous Coward, Apr 29th, 2005 @ 5:31am

   
   

   Economics classes don't discuss marketing strategies, jerk. The Osborn was a pretty neat little computer for it's time, but the marketing department spent all of it's time and effort telling all potential customers how great the Osborn II was going to be so nobody wanted to buy the Osborn I. Back in the days when a PC cost $3-5000 buying one wasn't a trivial decision. Unable to sell the existing stock of Osborn I systems and with the Osborn II just in the preliminary design phase, the company went bankrupt. That's Marketing 101: don't sell your own current products short unless your market is locked up. IOW, unless you have a monopoly. Newbie.

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   Re: GUI

   

   jeff, Apr 29th, 2005 @ 8:42am

   
   

   Its been in alpha stage for how long? 3 years? Lets face it. Longhorn will never come out. It will be absorbed into XP.

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   Re: GUI

   

   Jared, Apr 29th, 2005 @ 11:40am

   
   

   Its been in alpha stage for how long? 3 years? Lets face it. Longhorn will never come out.
   
   Now there's an informative comment.
   
   Let's see. Yes, they have been putting off Longhorn? Why? Because people keep complaining about XP. So, instead of saying, "Thanks for keeping XP safe," you're saying, "You suck for not forgetting about XP and focusing on what's next." Good job. Let's slam them for supporting XP, while they're trying to build a new product.

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   Not *that* bad...

   

   Ryan, Apr 29th, 2005 @ 12:09pm

   
   

   Honestly, everyone loves to rip on XP, but I've never had any big problems with my XP Pro setup (dual-boot w/Fedora). Granted, XP's got some significant problems out of the box, but once it's properly configured I've found it to be a fine OS -- reliable, secure, and (yes) stable.

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   Re: Not *that* bad...

   

   Jojo, Apr 29th, 2005 @ 9:28pm

   
   

   XT works better than any prior Windows release, but it is still a poorly designed system based on 15 year old NT base code. Since LH is an extension of XP, it will be more of the same.
   
   XP has so many problems because anyone has access to and can overwrite the core Windows files at will. While it supports multiple users, it's not a real good multi-user system because of this problem.
   
   For instance, user A can download/access things on the web that will affect user B's or C's experience (spyware, viruses, active-X controls, etc.) because there is no real restriction against writing into the Windows folders. Yes, you have WFP but this is easily bypassed by putting the new file into the dllcache folder or turning off WPA or canceling the confirmation window.
   
   Then you have each users settings and registry copies stored under the documents and settings folder on the C: drive. So if you have to wipe the C: drive or do a complete fresh install of Windows, everyone loses their settings and application links. I have my settings on my D: drive but this requires a little registry hacking, which is beyond most people's ability to do.
   
   Windows really needs to be rewritten and redesigned form the ground up. I sure hope MS is working on this.

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    Re: GUI

    

    Marc Smith, May 1st, 2005 @ 5:00am

    
    

    Scared? Nope - And couldn't care in the least. We already have more than what 'Longhorn' is promising to have 20 months from now...

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