John Dvorak On Vista's Launch 382
An anonymous reader writes "John is at it again, this time with his take on the launch of Microsoft's Vista operating system. John covers the reality from a market perspective, looking at whether the release will affect PC sales, peripherals ... or even Microsoft." From the article: "While there is no way that Vista will be a flop, since all new computers will come with Vista pre-installed, there seems to be no excitement level at all. And there does not seem to be any compelling reason for people to upgrade to Vista. In fact, the observers I chat with who follow corporate licensing do not see any large installations of Windows-based computers upgrading anytime soon. The word I keep hearing is 'stagnation.' Industry manufacturers are not too thrilled either. One CEO who supplies a critical component for all computers says he sees a normal fourth quarter then nothing special in the first quarter for the segment. Dullsville."
Dvorak... Reality... ??? (Score:5, Funny)
Is this the same Dvorak we've all come to know and love [slashdot.org]? Who thinks Microsoft should buy Opera [slashdot.org], that CSS doesn't work [slashdot.org] because he couldn't figure out what "cascading" meant, and admits to trolling Mac users [slashdot.org]?
Oh, wait, he's making disparaging remarks about Microsoft! I'm sorry I ever doubted you, John!
PS (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft needs a better marketing strategy... (Score:4, Funny)
Im not so sure (Score:4, Funny)
I'd call it brainwashing but that isn't very plausible considering the target audience
Re:Let me guess... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Dvorak... Reality... ??? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Dvorak... Reality... ??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:BJ's. Lots of BJ's (Score:1, Funny)
Because Dvorak has a very big mouth, and Bill has a very small dick.
Viewer Friendly Interface (Score:5, Funny)
Does this mean we'll finally get one of those nifty GUIs where the fonts are fixed at 36-point and above, all text appears one letter at a time, applications are always maximized, and the search function flashes thumbnails of every file that doesn't match as it goes through the index?
Re:Dvorak... Reality... ??? (Score:4, Funny)
"TRACEROUTE NOT WORKING. Traceroute, or TRACERT on my machine, now goes three hops and times out. I can't trace anything."
This guy is like a tech support troll. "That patch you installed killed my mouse! Get down here and fix it!"
Re:"there seems to be no excitement level at all" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Let me guess... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's all relative (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Viewer Friendly Interface (Score:2, Funny)