Clueless Microsoft VP confident public will look back at "bunch of good things" in Windows Vista

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.crn.com/software/218600247;jsessionid=KNXRW40QXYUHMQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN

Windows Vista has been dragged through the IT industry mud for most of its life, in some cases for good reason. But Microsoft's OEM chief believes that Windows 7's success will help repair the damage to Vista's reputation and polish its legacy.

Windows 7 and Windows Vista share much of the same code, and over time, this could cause Windows Vista bashers to soften their views, said Steve Guggenheimer, vice president of the OEM division at Microsoft.

"I think people will look back on Vista after the Windows 7 release and realize that there were actually a bunch of good things there," Guggenheimer said in a recent interview. "So it'll actually be interesting to see in two years what the perception is of Vista."

Windows 7 features vastly improved performance and stability, as well as a lightweight design that allows it to run well on smaller devices such as netbooks. All of these were issues for early Vista users, and although Microsoft corrected these in Vista Service Pack 1, they caused lasting damage to Vista's reputation.

[tabasco]

1. Oh great.

I suppose they'll foist another pile of garbage on us in three years.

[BlooInBloo]

2. (facepalm)

[corkhead]

3. At the risk of being drummed out of here, I have used Vista since it's launch

and I actually like it. I dread using an XP machine when I have to.

That said, my next laptop may have on it a logo that has a piece of fruit with a bite out of it.

[corkhead]

4. Dupe... I KNOW I didn't double click. Fuckin' Vista! Q#$%@#@$

[HughMoran]

5. It was good that it was as stable as XP after 6 months of hair pulling

XP w/extras I call it.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. "Eye Candy Update"

That was the word on the street.

Sorry if I sounded like Huggy Bear for a minute.



:rofl:

[msongs]

7. its a perfectly fine OS have never had one problem with it. beat the hell out of XP nt

[XOKCowboy]

9. Shhhhhh Don't rile the MS bashers

It's a no win situation.

[HughMoran]

10. After all, a sample size of one is all-telling

:P


:)

[cliffordu]

8. Don't fear the Penguin: Fuck Balmer.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. huh?

[orwell]

12. I work on computers and networks for a living...

...I think Vista truly sucks, as do almost all of my clients. My large business customers refuse to deploy it. They are more than happy with XP. XP is fast, stable, and much easier to repair than Vista.

Windows 7 may be an improvement, as has been reported in the trades, but I will reserve judgment until the final release. If they only get rid of the annoying UAC it would be a vast improvement.

I like SUSE distro of Linux better than Vista and I know almost nothing about it.

There is a reason why Vista was shunned by many large enterprises. MS really blew it with this one.

[kenny blankenship]

13. Was it this VP ?

He's always snarling about people not appreciating all the things he did for them.

[area51]

14. Tux to the rescue.

[rollingrock]

15. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with XP, so what on earth is the purpose of Vista other than giving you some stupid shit like animated wallpaper? Why does Vista exist? To sucker some people out of their money?

[Sebastian Doyle]

16. Vista will be remembered well

by all the same folks that thought Windows ME and "Bob" were "great".