Poor Bill, he looks like he's at a total loss to explain why Windows XP has 35 million lines of code and Windows Vista has stalled again. When will all the lemmings wake up.
"Last week, in the latest setback, Microsoft conceded that Vista would not be ready for consumers until January, missing the holiday sales season, to the chagrin of personal computer makers and electronics retailers — and those computer users eager to move up from Windows XP, a five-year-old product.
In those five years, Apple Computer has turned out four new versions of its Macintosh operating system, beating Microsoft to market with features that will be in Vista, like desktop search, advanced 3-D graphics and "widgets," an array of small, single-purpose programs like news tickers, traffic reports and weather maps."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/technology/27soft.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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Gentlemen, Microsoft has created a monstrosity, and they can't control it anymore! It blows me away that they just can't get this thing out the door. But maybe they're trying to shove an 800 lb gorilla out of a mouse hole - it just doesn't work. Whereas Apple's OSX just works!
Let me say that Vista is going to be the "Spruce Goose" of Microsoft. If you don't remember the story about the Spruce Goose, then let me remind you. Howard Hughes was commishioned by the US military to build the largest ever flying boat to transport, well anything you can imagine. But the project went on and on and on, going way over budget. Many speculated that it would never fly. Of course Hughes proved them wrong by taking the plane out and getting a full 70 ft off of the water. But it would never be used again.
Sounds a lot like Vista, way past due and way over budget. This bohemuth will never fly, or maybe Gates will install it on one computer and after days of trying to get it to boot up it will boot up once and then be retired to a museum.
Gentlemen,
Let's not take too much dramatic license with the issue here. Windows, while having some pretty lame versions, and while not being as strong a program as OS X, nevertheless has been a decent operating system overall for the majority of PC's.
I think that Vista's delay is more a symptom of corporate bureaucracy than software issues.
I am just trying to bring some balance to the Jobs worship. :-D
-Le
I understand about wanting to keep things in perspective, but we are not the only ones saying these things. This is the second time they have decided to reorganize the Windows OS side of the business. Even Gates stepped down from being CEO to become the Chief technical officer. There is trouble at MS and they are having a hard time cleaning things up. MS stock no longer is a freight train to profits as it once was either. They have a boatload of money so they are not going away anytime soon, but investors may be growing impatient and decide there are better places to invest their money.
Balance, Schmalance!! Face it, Le, Microsoft is messing up big time. Not only are they hopelessly entangled in bureacracy, they have created an OS that is a mountain of spaghetti!
Uhhh, yes, gentlemen - Apple Corp has never made bad moves before. I have to admit you're right...oh sure, there was the shake up when Jobs was forced out, and then they did so great after that...oh...well, sure, they had to bring him back to revitalize the company, but hey, they did it all themselves...well, yeah, they had to buy the Next operating system, but everything else has been theirs...well, yeah, they originally stole the mouse idea from Xerox, but all of their PC's have been a smash hit...well, yeah, there was the cube bomb, but that's it...well, yeah, there was the $10K Lisa that bombed, but that's it...
Buying the NEXT operating system was definitely a great move, but putting together OSX, which is definitely not an easy task, was done by the current Apple. I am appalled by your comment!
Don't forget the Newton le... and eWorld... and the Cube...
All right, all right...at least mn_blogger seems to understand my point. :-) Now, Lo, don't you go gettin' your panties in a bunch. Again, just trying to put some perspective on your unabated hero worship! :-D
-Le
The Cube actually did not fail. The consumer actually failed to see its magnificence!
Lo, I know you want to believe that Apple only makes great products and for the most part they do. They believe in the attention to detail. But there are times when they do something that Jobs is bent on having and I believe when this happens they end up going out on a limb. The cube was basically a test to see how small can we package a computer. Of course the Mac mini has surpassed that now. But the difference was that the Cube was relatively expensive at the cost of virtually no expansion capabilities and more expensive RAM or any other upgrades because of the size. This was a misfire. People did not believe the benefits outweighed the costs and it did not sell.
As for the Newton, this was when Jobs wasn't with Apple. The basic concept was good but I believe they tried to pack too much in what should be a simple device. This is why the Palm won out. Of course now so many people have a Palm pilot, they are on the "who can add more features" trail and of course Microsoft is the master of added "features". Whether they are needed or not. I believe that is why they now lead in the handheld market now. But I think the handhelds are fading because many of these features are now on your cell phone.
But I would argue, gentlemen, that the Cube succeeded brilliantly as a glorious tribute to the intersection of art and technology! From that point of view, one must indeed attribute a certain level of success to the Cube as the precursor to the Mac Mini, much as the Lisa was the technological marvel preceeding the Mac! One cannot help but be in awe of the artistic and technological savvy of Apple!
Uhhhh...I think that your most recent post, Lo, pretty much says it all. It is clear to me now that you are too far gone to try and add any perspective.
Let the panty bunching continue!
(Now, you know that I am just kidding you...about the panties...I know that you wear a thong...:-D)
:-D
-Le
Don't get me wrong, the cube looks cool, but it never enjoyed the hit success that the first iMac's had on the industry. Look at all the copy cat's, everyone made their product bright colors after that. Of course now those original iMac's look dated. Apple has stayed ahead of the curve. Dell is black. I think Gateway is still beige but they try different shapes. Curious to see what comes after the chrome grill look of the G5? Glossy white? Clear?
I would have to say the most humorous copy cat of the iMac was the "iBrator", which came in different colors. The quote attributed to Steve Jobs when told about the iBrator was "Well, we do encourage people to Think Different!"
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