Bill and his team are very busy, with perhaps the most products ever scheduled for release at about the same time. These products include Vista, IE7, Office 12, Xbox 360 and a new version of MSSQL (a SQL database product).
Gates is still clinging to the belief that software is central to everything, I have to agree with him; a computer without software is no computer at all. However even as M$ employees listen to Gate?s optimism on the future of Microsoft, many have doubts.
Those doubts are understandable due to the fact that Microsoft?s price on the NASDAQ is pretty much the same as what it was 7 years ago! Is Microsoft still growing? I think yes and no. Microsoft no longer has an of the best products on the market. Firefox is better than IE, Mac is better than Windows, PS2 is better than Xbox, OpenOffice beats MS Office? see my point? Microsoft needs to make products not only for novices and advanced developers, but for people in between like expert such as me (not been cocky?).
I mean some features in Vista really cheese me off. For example I can?t use the Classic start menu, which I far prefer. I think Vista is too packed. I liked Windows 98 for not been patronising, yet simple. Microsoft need to remember people like me or you can manipulate Windows, but we are not posh network admins for multi-national corporations.
Another thing is M$ is planning six versions of Vista, which is too many, two versions of XP was hard enough. What happened to the good old days? With a nice simple Windows 98 not Windows Vista Extra Jam Packed with MS Branding? I miss those days, I still keep my old 98 
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Microsoft?s weakness is it?s own greed. Microsoft should free up, be nicer, and be simpler. Simpler doesn?t mean a new uglier desktop, but more power to power users and no fancy versions!
Sorry, just my 2 pence. BTW, yesterday?s ad was found while digging.
Also, the winner of the Caption Contest is (drumroll) yellojkt. His caption was:
“So it’s got a few security holes in it, is that a crime?”
That is your link, but also I shall give you 5 visitors to your blog (through BlogShares Ad Network). It was a close decision between Bernie, Dan and yellojkt.
I shall start a new contest after a find an image!
Tags: microsoft, ms, m$, windows, windows sucks
