Comments on: Gartner: Windows is "Collapsing" http://www.pcmech.com/article/gartner-windows-is-collapsing/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Lespaul20 http://www.pcmech.com/article/gartner-windows-is-collapsing/comment-page-1/#comment-9460 Lespaul20 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:48:53 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/gartner-windows-is-collapsing/#comment-9460 Wow! Somebody that doesn't like Vista but doesn't want support for legacy hardware/software. In the forums, everybody that hates Vista does so because of two things: it doesn't support older stuff and it doesn't look like XP. I would like you(David) to define bloated. I really don't see MS looking much desktop market share anytime soon. Let me guess, most of the people who were at the conference were people in IT who has a bias towards MS already. Unless Apple stops being full of themselves, they won't even come close to taking over any OS markets and if they do, their OS probably wouldn't be any better than Windows. Until there is a Linux Distro that the average user is conformable with, it's not going to take much market share either. Also, what I noticed about analysis of all industries: they are half right half the time. Wow! Somebody that doesn’t like Vista but doesn’t want support for legacy hardware/software. In the forums, everybody that hates Vista does so because of two things: it doesn’t support older stuff and it doesn’t look like XP. I would like you(David) to define bloated. I really don’t see MS looking much desktop market share anytime soon. Let me guess, most of the people who were at the conference were people in IT who has a bias towards MS already. Unless Apple stops being full of themselves, they won’t even come close to taking over any OS markets and if they do, their OS probably wouldn’t be any better than Windows. Until there is a Linux Distro that the average user is conformable with, it’s not going to take much market share either.

Also, what I noticed about analysis of all industries: they are half right half the time.

]]> By: Freddy http://www.pcmech.com/article/gartner-windows-is-collapsing/comment-page-1/#comment-9439 Freddy Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:38:35 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/gartner-windows-is-collapsing/#comment-9439 I'm not convinced legacy support is the actual problem. How much code does it take to support old versions of Windows applications? It shouldn't be that much. Besides, I can't get some old programs to work anyways so I get new ones. The real problem is expecting Windows to support all the new technologies that MS wants a presence in. The amount of support for all sorts of initiatives have grown so large that it become unmanageable. Web, Graphics, Games, Media, Music, etc. Also, they are trying a new security model that is having a rough ride. XP isn't as secure as Vista, but UAC still requires more polish. Apple and Linux has an opportunity in this, but I'm not so sure it will be that significant. Surely, it is very beneficial for Apple, but in terms of marketshare, it is small. The next release of Windows will make Vista be a distant memory. Already, people are saying Windows Server 2008 should have been the real version of the Vista with better performance. Maybe there is a sliver lining behind the fiasco. I’m not convinced legacy support is the actual problem. How much code does it take to support old versions of Windows applications? It shouldn’t be that much. Besides, I can’t get some old programs to work anyways so I get new ones.

The real problem is expecting Windows to support all the new technologies that MS wants a presence in. The amount of support for all sorts of initiatives have grown so large that it become unmanageable. Web, Graphics, Games, Media, Music, etc. Also, they are trying a new security model that is having a rough ride. XP isn’t as secure as Vista, but UAC still requires more polish.

Apple and Linux has an opportunity in this, but I’m not so sure it will be that significant. Surely, it is very beneficial for Apple, but in terms of marketshare, it is small.

The next release of Windows will make Vista be a distant memory. Already, people are saying Windows Server 2008 should have been the real version of the Vista with better performance. Maybe there is a sliver lining behind the fiasco.

]]> By: Greg http://www.pcmech.com/article/gartner-windows-is-collapsing/comment-page-1/#comment-9426 Greg Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:56:31 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/gartner-windows-is-collapsing/#comment-9426 As much as I like apple, i do not want them to take over the desktop environment. I know microsoft will never disappear but I want them to stay a major player for a long time to come and my hopes are for windows 7. As much as I like apple, i do not want them to take over the desktop environment. I know microsoft will never disappear but I want them to stay a major player for a long time to come and my hopes are for windows 7.

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