From: Tony Williams 

Antti Kurenniemi wrote:
> "Tony Williams"  wrote in message
> news:434f2487$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>>You need to play with vista a bit..
>>>
>>
>>If it's too obnoxious then it won't sell. It's not like there aren't any
>>viable alternatives.
>
>
> It's got a cool UI, so it will sell. Period. People buy anything that looks
> neat and does stupid things like see-through, automatically expanding on
> mouseover -icons and such. I'm very worried that it will actually be sold
> more than XP, and to all the wrong people.

Fair point when it comes to home systems, but even so there's a limit to
what people will put up with. I suppose it's a matter of public awareness
and the public is getting more savvy when it comes to computers.

I still think it will take legislation to make DRM-encumbered monitors
sell, to take one example.

--
Tony

>
> Antti Kurenniemi
> ("Hey look I bought this new Vista thing, it's reeeeeeeeeeally cool, and I
> installed it but now my 12-year-old P2 is really slow, can you fix it
> please, I want to have all those cool effects on my desktop...")
>
>

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