InfoWorld and CIO are all saying YES.

http://advice.cio.com/laurianne_mcla...row_away_vista

from the article listed above.

Throw Vista away. That's what my colleagues at our fellow IDG
publication InfoWorld have now argued that Microsoft should do. Give it
a dignified resting place, as a stepping-stone OS, and come up with a
replacement that's more sensible for enterprise IT. There is historical
precedent in the consumer OS space for such a move; look at Windows ME
and how it became a footnote in Microsoft history.

"Microsoft should toss Vista in the trash, as the company did with
Windows Millennium eight years ago, then issue a Windows XP Second
Edition (as it did with Windows 98 eight years ago) that capitalizes on
some of Vista's key benefits. Then the company should focus on Windows
7, rather than keep trying to push Vista down unwilling customers'
throats. If that's too radical, how about doing an XP Second Edition
while also continuing to rework Vista?" writes InfoWorld executive
editor Galen Gruman, who created a petition that 100,000 people have now
signed asking Microsoft to save Windows XP.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
InfoWorld and CIO are all saying YES.



Y-A-W-N.

Been boating out on Lanier yet, ReggieCrap?

On Apr 14, 2:38*pm, HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

InfoWorld and CIO are all saying YES.

Y-A-W-N.

Been boating out on Lanier yet, ReggieCrap?

Harry, I thought you were all agog at Chuck's site because there isn't
any childish name calling. Why do you do so here?

JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
...
InfoWorld and CIO are all saying YES.

Troll



Yup. Nothing but.

JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
...
InfoWorld and CIO are all saying YES.
Troll
Yup. Nothing but.

Just for Dick....... ~giggle~




Must be something in what remains of that Atlanta water supply, since
both Reggie and Loogie claim to live in that area, and both of them are
the predominant trolls here. And I see second hand that poor dumb Loogie
is *still* trying to get me to notice, poor little **** that he is. Too
much skanky homebrew beer and pot, maybe.

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:34:15 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Throw Vista away.

On CNBC this morning, there was a segment on Vista and the guests to a
person said Vista is an unmitigated diaster and may be a sign of the
begining of the end for Microsoft as a market leader.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:34:15 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Throw Vista away.

On CNBC this morning, there was a segment on Vista and the guests to a
person said Vista is an unmitigated diaster and may be a sign of the
begining of the end for Microsoft as a market leader.


Wishful thinking.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:34:15 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Throw Vista away.

On CNBC this morning, there was a segment on Vista and the guests to a
person said Vista is an unmitigated diaster and may be a sign of the
begining of the end for Microsoft as a market leader.

I saw a survey where they asked Vista users if they would prefer keeping
Vista or using the previous Windows version they were using. 90% of the
Vista users wished they could have their old OS (WinXP, Win98 etc.)

At one time, Vista's problems were writtten about and discussed in the
computer magazaines and forums, today you read about it in CNN, ABC, AP
and all of the other mainstream media.

Over 110,000 people have already signed the "Save WinXP" petition. MS
may want to put on blinders and ignore the users and try to bully their
way past all of this, but if they do, the experts on CNBC will be correct.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h...6DntwD901KB280

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:34:15 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Throw Vista away.

On CNBC this morning, there was a segment on Vista and the guests to a
person said Vista is an unmitigated diaster and may be a sign of the
begining of the end for Microsoft as a market leader.

I saw a survey where

Troll.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:34:15 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Throw Vista away.

On CNBC this morning, there was a segment on Vista and the guests to a
person said Vista is an unmitigated diaster and may be a sign of the
begining of the end for Microsoft as a market leader.

I saw a survey where they asked Vista users if they would prefer keeping
Vista or using the previous Windows version they were using. 90% of the
Vista users wished they could have their old OS (WinXP, Win98 etc.)

At one time, Vista's problems were writtten about and discussed in the
computer magazaines and forums, today you read about it in CNN, ABC, AP
and all of the other mainstream media.

Over 110,000 people have already signed the "Save WinXP" petition. MS
may want to put on blinders and ignore the users and try to bully their
way past all of this, but if they do, the experts on CNBC will be correct.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h...6DntwD901KB280

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/


SWS,

I really think it will be the business users and computer companies who
will force MS to realize they will have to rethink their whole approach
to forcing Vista a broken OS into the marketplace.

Dell has actually used Vista as a selling tool to sell their PC's by
offering to NOT to install Vista.

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...ers-windows-xp

Dell offers Windows XP to save folk from Vista
"Downgrade" service

YOU SELL COMPUTERS, but you can't flog them with Vista on.

On the other hand, start flogging Windows-free PCs and an army of
soft-footed voles will beat a path to your door and nibble at your
margins. HWat to do?

Well, you could take a leaf out of Dell's book, and supply Vista like
you're supposed to, but install XP instead because that's what your
customers want.

Says Dell: "With Windows Vista® Downgrade Service from Dell, you get a
simple way to migrate to Windows Vista on your schedule.

Dell will factory-install Windows XP Professional and give you the DVD
to install Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate when you’re
ready (you will also receive the DVD for Windows XP Professional).

Dell will also support both operating systems on your PC throughout the
limited warranty period

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...ers-windows-xp