Vista is not finished
Friday, April 18th, 2008When Windows Vista was released we were led to believe that Vista was the best and most secure Windows ever. It didn’t take long before the first complaints came in. Very limited hardware and software support. Annoying user interface that keeps bothering users with ‘security related’ questions. Vista was a big disappointment and one of the worst windows versions ever. Now we finally know the reason: according to Steve Ballmer Windows Vista is not finished. It is a work in progress. Steve confirms what we already knew: Microsoft sells unfinished beta-software with known defects. Thanks you Steve. Put Vista where the sun doesn’t shine.
Now this is nice. IBM piloted using Macs in the IBM office. Currently IBM uses Microsoft Windows. The users are very positive (no surprise here). Not all users were that happy. One of the Mac pilot users visited customers offsite. His remark: “When presenting at customer or external meetings, I have been greeted with the ‘wow factor.’ ‘Where’s the ThinkPad, IBM uses Apples now?’”. Most pilot users (19 out of 22) wanted to keep the Mac for their daily business. This was despite some software that they needed but didn’t work on their Macs: