Monday, August 28, 2006

Cyberspace Article #5 - Windows Vista

Date: 25th of July 2005

Publication: John C. Dvorak - PC Magazine

Summary:
For some time now, people have known that Microsoft has made a newer operating system since Windows XP. The computing community however was not so impressed with what Microsoft has "new" in store for the world; there was nothing ground-breaking for them anymore in this business. This author goes on explaining, in an almost biast form, how the new OS "Vista" is very "distant" from what it claims to be. Dvorak claims the reason of this is because Microsoft has no competition and it becoming lazy with it's progress.
He then goes on in this article with other OS company opinions:

Apple - Vista has the potiential, but we all know Macs are better.

Microsoft - I can't survive on Windows anymore, but XBox will put the pennies in the piggy bank.

Linux/Apache - We're so much hotter than Microsoft right now with MySQL, PHP and LAMP.

Google - I am the Internet Application King! Now all I need is MSN..

He then concluded on bombarding statements of the potientials of powerplay each of these companies have in producing much better OS than Microsoft. It was even suggested that Google should start it's own OS with Linux. Whatever will happen, it sounds like the competition between these corporations will be very tough.

What's so good about Vista anyway?



Impact:
This computer corporation battle has enough power to effect everyone all over the world. Personally I find the joining of corporations very threatening. There is so much power behind these corporations, and it makes me shudder just to think about one massive corporation controlling the whole world. The world is their oyster, but if they are going to forcefully open it with a knife, take out the edible part and eat it whole and throw away the precious pearl inside?

Have you ever seen the documentary Michael Moore did on Corporations? That has influenced my opinion about corporations, and it makes me feel very disgusted at the way the power is not controlled with these insensitive "persons" (ie - any corporation).


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