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In the article, it's actually Microsoft's COO saying that, and not Computerworld: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179164/Microsoft_exec_mocks_iPhone_4_d

In the article, it's actually Microsoft's COO saying that, and not Computerworld: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179164/Microsoft_exec_mocks_iPhone_4_dubs_it_Apple_s_Vista http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179164/Microsoft_exe...

megablast 16y ago
Does that mean a Microsoft COO is admitting that Vista is bad then? That is bigger news to me, than anything anyone at Microsoft can say about Apple or Google, they are competitors of course. And since Windows 7 is just a polished Vista, I am not sure what point he is trying to make?
- WalterGR 16y ago
  Does that mean a Microsoft COO is admitting that Vista is bad then? That is bigger news to me Really? They did that years ago.[1] And since Windows 7 is just a polished Vista... That old chestnut, huh? Something like, "Windows 7 is a 64-bit tweak of a 32-bit extension of a 16-bit user interface for an 8-bit operating system for a 4-bit architecture from a 2-bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition." Wikipedia has a good article on new features in Windows 7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_7 [1] EDIT: Reading comprehension failure on my part: somehow I missed the capital "COO" in the sentence. However, various Microsoft employees at various levels in the company have admitted Vista is bad.
  - megablast 16y ago
    Read your list, did not see anything that could not be added by a SP into Vista. I see Windows 7 and Vista as no different to XP and 2000, and Windows ME and 98. Yes, there are new things in each OS, but they are not different enough to warrant being called a new OS.
    - harshpotatoes 16y ago
      And linux kernel 2.4 is just a patch away from being 2.6, and os9 is just a patch away from being osX. Just because we like discussions here doesn't mean we have to argue for the sake of arguing.
      - JBiserkov 16y ago
        Win2K: NT 5.0 WinXP: NT 5.1 Wista: NT 6.0 Seven: NT 6.1
- Niten 16y ago
  Oh please. How good or bad Vista was is beside the point; the comparison is between how Vista and the iPhone 4 are perceived.

megablast 16y ago

Does that mean a Microsoft COO is admitting that Vista is bad then? That is bigger news to me, than anything anyone at Microsoft can say about Apple or Google, they are competitors of course. And since Windows 7 is just a polished Vista, I am not sure what point he is trying to make?

WalterGR 16y ago
Does that mean a Microsoft COO is admitting that Vista is bad then? That is bigger news to me Really? They did that years ago.[1] And since Windows 7 is just a polished Vista... That old chestnut, huh? Something like, "Windows 7 is a 64-bit tweak of a 32-bit extension of a 16-bit user interface for an 8-bit operating system for a 4-bit architecture from a 2-bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition." Wikipedia has a good article on new features in Windows 7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_7 [1] EDIT: Reading comprehension failure on my part: somehow I missed the capital "COO" in the sentence. However, various Microsoft employees at various levels in the company have admitted Vista is bad.
- megablast 16y ago
  Read your list, did not see anything that could not be added by a SP into Vista. I see Windows 7 and Vista as no different to XP and 2000, and Windows ME and 98. Yes, there are new things in each OS, but they are not different enough to warrant being called a new OS.
  - harshpotatoes 16y ago
    And linux kernel 2.4 is just a patch away from being 2.6, and os9 is just a patch away from being osX. Just because we like discussions here doesn't mean we have to argue for the sake of arguing.
    - JBiserkov 16y ago
      Win2K: NT 5.0 WinXP: NT 5.1 Wista: NT 6.0 Seven: NT 6.1
Niten 16y ago
Oh please. How good or bad Vista was is beside the point; the comparison is between how Vista and the iPhone 4 are perceived.