Comments on: Vista 7 Starts Looking More Like Vista Agony http://techrights.org/2009/08/10/vista-7-like-vista/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Mad Hatter http://techrights.org/2009/08/10/vista-7-like-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-72115 The Mad Hatter Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:23:06 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=16397#comment-72115 Yeah, well I'm feeling sarcastic. Seriously though, box sales will be virtually nil, they exist on system sales. And those won't be good since the US economy is in pretty bad shape. Yeah, well I’m feeling sarcastic. Seriously though, box sales will be virtually nil, they exist on system sales. And those won’t be good since the US economy is in pretty bad shape.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/08/10/vista-7-like-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-72093 Roy Schestowitz Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:53:22 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=16397#comment-72093 <blockquote> I predict that some time before Christmas Microsoft will start to promote Windows 8. </blockquote> I think it might discourage sales.

I predict that some time before Christmas Microsoft will start to promote Windows 8.

I think it might discourage sales.

]]> By: The Mad Hatter http://techrights.org/2009/08/10/vista-7-like-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-72088 The Mad Hatter Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:18:18 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=16397#comment-72088 I predict that some time before Christmas Microsoft will start to promote Windows 8. Oh, and as far as Ubuntu upgrades are concerned? Totally seamless. I took a computer from 7.10 to 9.04 with no issues. I predict that some time before Christmas Microsoft will start to promote Windows 8.

Oh, and as far as Ubuntu upgrades are concerned? Totally seamless. I took a computer from 7.10 to 9.04 with no issues.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/08/10/vista-7-like-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-71994 Roy Schestowitz Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:37 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=16397#comment-71994 Apple is a monoculture. Apple is a monoculture.

]]> By: David Gerard http://techrights.org/2009/08/10/vista-7-like-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-71992 David Gerard Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:45:15 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=16397#comment-71992 I did like <a href="http://automatica.com.au/blog/2009/08/mac-os-x-upgrades/" rel="nofollow">this Mac OS X response</a> to the Mossberg chart :-D That said, most Linux distros don't do a lot better. Ubuntu in-place upgrades in particular are very good at fouling up horribly, in my considerable experience of them. Debian works hard to make in-place upgrades go flawlessly, but Ubuntu hasn't made this anywhere near sufficiently bulletproof. There's saving and restoring your home directory, but that again has variable results if there's been a KDE or GNOME version upgrade. The matter requires some serious hackerly thought to fix properly. How come Apple can do it so well? I did like this Mac OS X response to the Mossberg chart :-D

That said, most Linux distros don’t do a lot better. Ubuntu in-place upgrades in particular are very good at fouling up horribly, in my considerable experience of them. Debian works hard to make in-place upgrades go flawlessly, but Ubuntu hasn’t made this anywhere near sufficiently bulletproof.

There’s saving and restoring your home directory, but that again has variable results if there’s been a KDE or GNOME version upgrade.

The matter requires some serious hackerly thought to fix properly. How come Apple can do it so well?

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