On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > > http://news.yahoo.com/early-look-windows-8-baffles-consumers-162627568--finance.html > > It looks like Microsoft hasn't learned from the controversies over > Ubuntu's Unity interface and GNOME 3, both of which were intended to work > on mobile devices but ended up alienating desktop users. Given that the > average Windows user is more averse to change than the average Linux user, > I think Windows 8 will be a flop. > > The Unity and GNOME 3 controversies resulted in happy endings because of > the diversity of the Linux world. People who don't like GNOME 3 or the new > Ubuntu have many great alternatives in the Linux universe (starting with > Linux Mint and Mageia). The Microsoft universe doesn't have this diversity. > > In my opinion, Windows Vista reminds me of the Chevrolet Vega. I think > Windows 8 will go down in history as the Microsoft version of the Chevrolet > Citation (and its clones) and the Oldsmobile diesel engine. GM bled away > market share in the 1980s, and the same thing may be about to happen to > Microsoft. In windows-land, I'm very happy with Win 7 Pro. Still not a place I like doing development work for FOSS stuff, but for every-day stuff and gaming, it's really quite good. I see Windows 8 as a potential Vista - the version you don't want. I also think Win 7 will be the new XP - in being the first OS really capable of displacing XP, it will likely hang around in the enterprise for a decade. -Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20121022/c5383f51/attachment.html>