Window 7 - Vista Only Worse

Just when you think that Microsoft might be able to build an operating system that doesn't cause devastation all around it, they unveiled Windows 7 at PDC last month. Microsoft has 1000 full time developers working on Windows 7. So how is it going? Well according to Randal Kennedy at Infoworld, it performs exactly like Vista but breaks all sorts of things that used to work fine under Vista. He went on to point out that "IT organizations rejected Windows Vista en masse, and Windows 7 is Microsoft’s response. Simply put, it’s not enough. Slapping an upgraded UI onto an already discredited OS platform fools nobody and serves only to further alienate the very enterprise customers whom Microsoft claims to be wooing."

Does this sound like lipstick on a pig?

OS X Snow Leopard vs. WIndows 7

This chart, published at the Onion, summarizes the differences between the new operating systems slated to be released by both Apple and Microsoft. I am of the opinion that they got this 100% correct. Sad, but probably true

All Cats Want to be Red!

I saw this photo today and a thought came to mind. Do all cats really want to be red?

Aston Martin DBR9

I am a huge fan of Aston Martin! The DBR9 won at Le Mans. For the 'Top Gear' fans, they did a test of the DBR9 This is one of the fasted cars ever built.

The best part is that it is cheaper than the One-77 :-)

Friends

I think that Boo Boo and Winnie are friends now.

Microsoft Pays South Korea $60 Milllion to Use Its Software

In what world does this make sense? Microsoft is paying the government of South Korean $60 million to use its software. I suppose that when you have US governmental agencies like the FAA moving to Google Apps, you have to try to plug the dike wherever you can.

Whatever happened to making products so good that people wanted to use them? The most recent technology that comes to mind is the Android platform. It seems like every mobile hardware maker is racing to adopt Android!

I suppose that Microsoft will soon have to pay companies to use it's Windows Mobile Platform. It has been rumored that Microsoft is trying to buy RIM. Now there is a winning strategy!

Dell Releases 24" XPS One

Dell has released a 24" version of the XPS One. For a Dell computer, my 20" version of the XPS One has been great. That is something that I have not been able to say about Dell for a long time.

Somehow, I see a 24" version in my future.