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Story: Vista versions are so last century

Posted by: Anonymous (Monday 6 March 2006, 8:50 PM)

I totally agree with the comments made by the columnist.
When I read the announcement of the different versions of Vista, I immediately found myself in the weird situation of trying to find the one for myself the IT professional (software architect), for myself the computer enduser (I'm an amateur astronomer and pro-amateur nature photographer) and the one for my customers (SMBs and large corporations). It was then I realized that everyone else was or will have to go through the same process and possibly will come to the same conclusion: no one single version has all the features one needs/wants.
It's a real shame that Microsoft not only missed this opportunity to change the way detractors and (most?) customers see it, but it created more confusion and (consequently) more detractors and even more bad press by replacing 3 versions of its mainstream product with 6 with no clear upgrade path based on the features required by each user.

This is a HUGE mistake. Fortunately for Microsoft and for corporations, desktop Linux is not an option right now. But in a year a lot of things change...