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Story: Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008
Posted by: David Goodwin (Sunday 13 November 2005, 1:06 AM)
Vista is indeed based on WindowsNT Server 5.2. The only version of WindowsNT that was ever written from scratch was 3.1, all the others add nothing more than a few security patches and new "features". WindowsNT 4.0 - 5.2 all share the same kernel - the differences are in its user interface (explorer), applications (MMC, WMP), drives (filesystem, network, etc), and networking protocols (Active Directory).
Why should Microsoft spend huge ammounts of money and time re-writing Windows when they can just make a few minor modifications and pass it off as a new product? Think of all the money they make selling the same product over and over to the same people when half of the new "features" should have been present in security patches years before.
Think about it, what are the differences between NT4 and NT5? MMC, WMP, PnP drivers, better version of Explorer. what about NT5 and 5.1? slower interface, a few new games, and a bad attempt at a firewall. None of these things are worth spending a few hundred $$ upgrading. As for the windows series, what differences are there between 95 and 98? aside from Active Desktop (usless but available with IE4 for win95).
In conclusion, Why should Windows Vista realy be any different from XP? As long as they change the logo, add some new useless "features" that no one uses, and decrease its performance (so it looks like the new "features" actualy do somthing), people will buy it thinking they are "upgrading". At any rate, most of the new "features" one might actualy use in Vista are already available for XP at no cost.
OR, dump windows all to gether and be rid of its security, stability, and performance problems.
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Story: Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008
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Ignore Vista completly. Thats my advice. Vista req... Magnus Grander -
Couldn't agree more. Vista is yet another NT... Bob Robertson -
Yeah, because in all offices, the software th... Kurt Christ
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Any half trained office monkey can be tr... spk037 -
"Don't give me any arguments about how f... Elisabeth Friis
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Vista is a good work. kholk
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Vista Anonymous
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From those who have watched Windows users twist in... Mac User - X-Windows Drone
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I think that Vista will be to XP what ME was... Dilbert
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abandon one tyrannical company for another, v... bah
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One thing is for sure. Vista will look a lot prett... gorbel
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Ignorance is bliss Windows Fan Boy!
I'm sitti... Ben Der
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"Your stuck sucking on viruses, worms, s... Anonymous
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"One thing is for sure. Vista will look a lot... Don B
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Windows does not support most of the hardware... Mirza Borogovac
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have you ever try to install Windows xp... towsonu2003 -
Yes I am always amazed when reinsta... Anonymous
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"Install XP from sratch...Everytime... Anonymous
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Here's what's funny. Win NT was originally design... tm2b
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Vista isn't simply a super-patched version of... Joe S.
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Has Gartner used the beta for VIsta? the... Chris Ashtear
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Joe S. -- you DO realize that NONE of t... PatriotB
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Dump Windows ?? kidding right ? umair
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I heard about Vista requiring a mon... sb
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What inspired the new GUI for... Anonymous
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The HDMI requirement, AFAIK, i... David Wright
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DRM Monitor?? huh? kholk
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On the other hand Dave Cutler wanted a comman... Drew
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Make that 2010. Given Vista 1,2 and 3. Excluding t... Arthur B.
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Get SUSE instead of "upgrading" to Vista. Anonymous
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Patriot: You DO realize that Vista is built from s... Harijs G.
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Harijs G. - show us ONE piece of evidence tha... PatriotB
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The only OS built from scratch from MS i... Dilbert
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Vista is indeed based on WindowsNT Server 5.2. The... David Goodwin -
I've read all your posts with great interest.... Anonymous
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No programmer should ever be let near th... Jon
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You guys are barking at the wrong tree.
Gartner is... C-Fu
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People that want to wait for Vista because of some... Arthur B.
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Isn't the next version of Mac OS going to be... Caped Crusader
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There is only one reason to use Linux: F... Anonymous
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Freedom to pick up and SDK and try... Anonymous
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couldn't agree more... Heck I tell clients this A... William Wheeler
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