On 2/8/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Then consider my viewpoint as if from ten days ago. No matter how you look at it, Logitech is ignoring Linux users, while creating software for an operating system that barely exists. Will Vista be so popular? Logitech is betting on it just like Microsoft. is betting on it. I'm not so certain that it will be so popular in places where people don't want to update their perfectly fine hardware to run a heavy OS.
You are completely missing the point. As Cringley put it not long ago: [...] Those who are trying to figure out if Vista will be successful haven't yet grasped the concept that Vista will be forced on the market, and in time it will be the only operating system you can buy from Microsoft. Of course it will be successful. Will people upgrade their existing systems? Of course not. Microsoft operating systems are always designed for future PC's, not for the installed base. Part of the plan is to make Vista work poorly on current computers so we'll all have to buy new ones. This strategy has been around for years and there is no reason to believe we won't fall for it again. Sure, some percentage of people and firms will upgrade, but most of the upgrades will come with whole new computers. [...] full: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2006/pulpit_20061208_001308.html Of course, if people suddenly stopped buying new PCs, the story would be different, but how likely do you think that would be? -- Colin Brace Amsterdam
