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January 28, 2009

I was right about Vista

Looking through some old work, I found this post - an article I wrote in 2005 for the Irish Times on Windows Vista, and why it was doomed to fail. I identified three key problems:

  • Lack of effective (at the time) competition from Mac and Linux meant that Microsoft wasn't being pushed very hard to improve the system.
  • Windows XP was "good enough" for almost everyone. 
  • The real action was happening away from the desktop, with the mobile phone taking centre stage. 
  Not a bad prediction, when you think about it.  

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Phone Bell

"Windows XP was "good enough" for almost everyone."
I totally agree with this! Just a few feature modifications and windows xp is almost killer.

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