Vista is an Embarassment

In pursuit of the authentic life, well lived; this is why Microsoft propeller-head, Andy Pennell, is motivated to write in his Microsoft-sponsored blog, "Installing Vista: My Personal Hell".

Good stuff...

"I was seriously considering a trip to the garage and to smash the box open with a hammer, when I discovered another transparent sticker that was holding two parts together. With that gone, the box moved a few more millimeters, until I realised [sic] the thing opens sideways..."

Okay, Andy's is the not-common individual install (and we know most people do not install their OS, or trash their BIOS and invoke the warranty for a new motherboard while they're at it). But it is not a particularly good time to say you're a Microsoft employee at the Rave.

So as a customer or CIO you're waiting for SP1. Well you know my advice (SP6 in 2010 might get into the ballpark). Vista is so complicated that it will never match Mac or Linux. This is why Microsoft will move to a BSD with proprietary layover.

Who's the greater bonehead, Microsoft management or the innocent customer for buying these half-ideas -- such detritus? I'm not so forgiving, myself, of the customer.

I was going to suggest the Board fire Ballmer, but he's our best chance of taking the company down to a stalk. Go Steve!

Comments

[Wesley Parish]

and HAL was caught vistabeting ... ;)

Don't worry - the MSI installer format has some inverse fan comments on the Interweb that I've seen. I expect the same will soon be common with Microsoft OO XML. And with this track record, they'll wind up demoralizing their most fervent supporters ...

I mean, you have been following the TestDriven.NET versus MS Visual [PL] Express saga?

[Sam Hiser]

No, Wes, I wasn't but Jamie Cansdale tells us all about it.

Apparently, Microsoft won't get out of their own way.

[patrick the elctronics guy]

I have had vista a while now and so far no major problems. i dont know why though whenever they make a new OS it has to be such a memory hog.
Also i read somewhere that a new OS called windows 7 is coming out in 2010.
I wonder what That will be like!