From: "Geo." 

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:4593a593$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> What's going on is XP & to a degree Win2K was "good
enough" & now MS is
> trying to move from selling staple food to staple food encased in icing
> & truffles.

But there were so many things in W2K that could really be improved, I don't
understand why they didn't continue along the path of talking to
experienced users and doing the improvements that got them to where they
were.

> Meanwhile the Linux/BSD (inc Apple) etc (& Open Office etc) are becoming
> "good enough" esp as the network becomes the most important
thing about
> the computer for many/most.

The only thing keeping the world running windows right now is Autocad and
Pagemaker/InDesign. If those two apps came in a Linux flavor, the switch
would be in full swing.

> So MS is trying to tempt you in with icing & truffles w/o telling you
> that they're trying their new & improved with poppy products recipe.

icing sucks on steak. Instead of an artificial limit to separate
workstation from server they really should be splitting windows into
Consumer and Professional.

Geo.

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