"LH [Longhorn/Vista] is a pig and I don't see any solution to this problem. If we are to rise to the challenge of Linux..."
--Jim Allchin, Windows manager, not long before Vista's release
Summary: Stability issues of Vista 10 are belatedly reported to be a major catastrophe, leaving it unusable for many early adopters
The other day we noticed some 'damage control' (advice) from a Microsoft advocacy site regarding many crashes in Vista 10. People from Microsoft had told me about this quite a while back. Pogson calls Vista 10 "Another heavily advertised consumer-product is looking more like Vista every day. Forced updates of an incredibly complex piece of software from Day One is a recipe for disaster."
Right now (earlier today) even the
British media wrote about it. Microsoft insiders told me that too, as they know it's a huge issue, not just based on personal experiences. Why did the press not mention this until a day or two before the release? Does the press not confidentially speak to Microsoft developers? If so, what does this tell us about the press? Mostly PR these days...
Microsoft is in serious trouble because
Vista 10 is a dud with
back doors and front doors. Even Microsoft's hardware business, be it phones or
consoles like XBox, is
becoming more of a failure (Sony is winning the consoles war). According to
this other new reports, the forced automatic updates (can install new back doors at any time, without giving the option to opt out) will discourage gamers from exploring Vista 10. Valve, which is headed by a Mirosoft veteran, already abandoned Windows in favour of Debian GNU/Linux, simply because Vista 8 was so terrible.
Vista 10 is a faulty piece of software and also a back door facility (into one's physical hardware). No responsible business should even consider adopting it, not even as a 'free' (gratis) update. Microsoft is already losing billions of dollars and laying off thousands of staff every month, not to mention abandoned/discontinued products. There is no safety in counting on Microsoft.
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