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it's 2007 and it doesn't really matter...
whatever desktop OS. I guess that's why I keep hearing, "there's no new killer app to upgrade to. so I'll stay with xp, os x, etc. that I use now."

what gets me lately is, even linux distros are getting bigger and more bloated. obviously I like choice but whatever happened to less is sometimes more?

gnu/linux...giving choice to the nex(11)t generation.
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And on that note ...  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/23/07
Not really - headlines scream one thing...  Confused by religion | 07/23/07
Milly, please read the post before ranting. . .  Basic Logic | 07/23/07
And Toyota sales are larger than  Confused by religion | 07/23/07
That is what scares them  GuidingLight | 07/23/07
Yeah, must be a crowning achievement...  Confused by religion | 07/23/07
Actually, the comparison makes some sense  dberlind | 07/24/07
Correct - and Google looses because the Web will not relpace local storage.  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
So are you the official  sackbut | 07/24/07
You miss the point!  Cayble | 07/25/07
I really have no idea as to why anyone would care  intrepi@... | 07/24/07
Not even... (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/23/07
Google's "income" is scary...  fr0thy2. | 07/24/07
Sensatoinal but not even .....  ShadeTree | 07/24/07
Mainframes and Money  jcg_z | 07/24/07
MAINFRAMES  Apollo21 | 07/24/07
Mainframes are "big powerful PCs"??? BWAHWAHWHAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
Does anyone here care ?  intrepi@... | 07/24/07
it's 2007 and it doesn't really matter...  Arm A. Geddon | 07/23/07
All that matters is to have choices  masinick@... | 08/22/07
3 years from now won't be much different  zmud | 07/23/07
It's only the Jurassic Age  reedjjjr | 07/23/07
...maybe but 2010 is way too close for that, 2020 maybe  fr0thy2. | 07/24/07
What are you talking about?  Spiritusindomit@... | 07/24/07
The truth about Windows Vista .  None_Zealot | 07/23/07
Yeah, like I trust anything posted to UTube...  Confused by religion | 07/23/07
The funniest part being that it's about people just like you.  odubtaig | 07/23/07
Not funny  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/23/07
Thank you ...  Confused by religion | 07/23/07
RE: Yeah, like I trust anything posted to UTube...  joe6pack_z | 07/23/07
did you...  Spiritusindomit@... | 07/24/07
YouTube, where idiots congregate..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/23/07
You got that right!....  fr0thy2. | 07/24/07
You must be at YouTube a LOT  critic-at-arms | 07/24/07
Forgot your meds again I see  intrepi@... | 07/24/07
Sad, but true... You know you can't even remove a root cert from YOUR pc...  Basic Logic | 07/23/07
Nice nomenclature. Who are you trying to fool?  GuidingLight | 07/23/07
yawn  CobraA1 | 07/24/07
YouTube: Proof that...  Scrat | 07/24/07
Now there is trustworthy news service - YouTube...  fr0thy2. | 07/24/07
Well that proves that any ....  fr0thy2. | 07/24/07
so damn sick of this  Randalllind | 07/24/07
lol what?  Khyron | 07/25/07
The problem isnt necessarily the OS...  supercharlie | 07/23/07
3rd party OS shells  devils_advocate | 07/24/07
The reason why is called Microsoft  intrepi@... | 07/24/07
The Poll answers itself  kamahl928 | 07/23/07
Yes. OS will still matter... a lot.  quux | 07/24/07
Windows 3.0...  jasonp@... | 07/24/07
Upgrades ... your choice  quux | 07/24/07
Horses for courses  bjbob | 07/24/07
Hey Wait a min....  qtrback | 07/24/07
Industry disappointed by Vista  Chad_z | 07/24/07
We are disapointed with you, Chad  John Zern | 07/24/07
Nicely researched...(NT)  fr0thy2. | 07/24/07
desktop OS?  Insight Driver | 08/01/07
it's easy acer sells low end computers vista needs halfway descent  SO.CAL Guy | 07/24/07
Red Herring?  Freebird54 | 07/24/07
I'm not sure what shops you deal with but...  fr0thy2. | 07/24/07
RE:I'm not sure what shops you deal  ruped24 | 07/24/07
I cannot believe I am reading this...  Mike Cox | 07/24/07
7.5  shallow_diver | 07/24/07
New Windows releases anticipate new machines years out  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
A little correction here on  pobstar1@... | 08/05/07
Learning personality characteristics at the expense of productivity  trentreviso | 08/05/07
Don't Confuse OS and User Interface  joe_woodward@... | 07/24/07
Would rather have less features and more stability  timmons@... | 07/24/07
You're all forgetting the most important thing  mary@... | 07/24/07
how about gaming???  saint9121@... | 07/24/07
**--Sigh--**  aussiedawg | 07/24/07
Vista doesn't matter, XP doesn't matter  ITGuy04 | 07/24/07
What "people?" Over 90% desktop market share belongs to Microsoft.  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
Standards  don@... | 02/11/09
Compare it with something else  ruvan@... | 07/24/07
McLuhan would say...  ashbyjm@... | 07/24/07
Sure it will! Open-source, VM-ready...  scott1329 | 07/24/07
OS or not  dhays | 07/24/07
By 2010 will ZDNet really matter?  Narg | 07/24/07
Good one!  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
The truth is......  reception@... | 07/24/07
Web apps require broadband  photog7 | 07/24/07
What he said  aussiedawg | 07/24/07
Do companies really want their sensitive docs on the Web. Hell no.  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
Utility?  Freebird54 | 07/24/07
Wireless will get the world connected, but standalone PCs will remain.  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
What rank do you hold?  Ole Man | 07/30/07
New OS's in General...  rexdexter | 07/24/07
deployment and networking will change  ismoore | 07/24/07
We Need a New MS OS - and Soon!  CSUjr | 07/24/07
He keeps all his docs on the Web? That's simply nuts.  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
All docs on the web...nuts...  jguyp725@... | 07/24/07
It's not that OSes don't matter - they're becoming a liability!  jlafitte | 07/24/07
Excellent points  quux | 07/24/07
embedding Linux in Mozilla browser plug-in  bcroner | 07/24/07
what matters is-  zclayton2 | 07/24/07
OS? Subsystem? Application?  tcrg311 | 07/24/07
When he was running Win98, did he say "in 2003...."?  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
Planned Obsolescence Ultimately Rules  baumjwb | 07/24/07
It's not "Planned Obsolescenes" (sounds like Art Bell), it's tech advance  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
XP & Vista, desktop or not-  Jim Johnson | 07/24/07
Microsoft becoming more irrelevant...  3dtodd | 07/24/07
U complain about Microsoft then praise Apple for putting it on the Macs????  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
I think he's referring to Windows Applications  intrepi@... | 07/24/07
Sure XP will run on current Macs, and no he's talking about MS in general  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
I do believe Apple has gained market share  intrepi@... | 07/24/07
Look, you're a standalone user, not a global bank w/ 60,000 employees  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
You sound like Al Capone  Ole Man | 07/30/07
IT IS ALL THE RAGE !!!!  Apollo21 | 07/24/07
I see the OS's blending coming on par  intrepi@... | 07/24/07
Who cares about "versatility" - smakes of "diversity"  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
Simple, it works better, less bugs  intrepi@... | 07/24/07
How can OS X be called more "stable" when it pushes less and is on less?  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
So where does driver certification come in ?  intrepi@... | 07/24/07
Apple runs to Intel and Microsoft, not vice versa  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
Nope!.... it's "because" of stuff like this  Ole Man | 07/30/07
The lines will continue to blur ...  mwagner@... | 07/24/07
Businesses are moving back toward centralization. Aka 'thin clients'.  HypnoToad72 | 07/24/07
Thin clients are an old dead end. PCs are totally inexpensive these days.  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
When a server goes down on a thin client network, who suffers?  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
BUT server down on PC network....  JeanLePharmacien | 07/26/07
For users unable to resolve simple driver issues, fine - blow $2k on a Mac  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
"blow $2k on a Mac"  Ole Man | 07/30/07
Operating Systems  nebarry@... | 07/24/07
security and privacy  fit.fix@... | 07/24/07
The web developers insight  drew.zf@... | 07/24/07
"Users shouldn't have to pay to use a computer?"  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
Did it hurt?  Ole Man | 07/29/07
RE:Did it hurt?  soonerproud | 08/23/07
Simple answer  soonerproud | 08/23/07
The problem is the resources Windows needs.  Randalllind | 07/24/07
The Mac needs a lot of resources also.  soonerproud | 08/23/07
Isn't it about being productive?!  The Rifleman | 07/24/07
Linux is productive? For what, web surfing and word processing? LOL!  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
It is productive.  T1Oracle | 07/25/07
Obvious Fanboism  soonerproud | 08/23/07
what about CAD or graphic publishing or video editing  myass@... | 07/24/07
Your hardware is the problem, not Microsoft.  SpaceCowboyNJ | 07/24/07
hardware is not the problem  myass@... | 07/25/07
Don't forget 64 bit!  bobmatch@... | 07/25/07
so why bother with Vista?  pete_w_flynn@... | 07/25/07
The future is mobile.  TJGodel | 07/25/07
find myself being slowed down by Vista  mlindl | 07/25/07
Its not what the PC does, its the interface.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/25/07
Talking about the past, Living in the present, and......  Ole Man | 07/25/07
ONLY if there's EXCELLENT Voice Recognition  rtot | 07/25/07
Coming soo to a computer near you!  Ole Man | 07/30/07
Message has been deleted.  myass@... | 07/25/07
You may have missed a major milestone last month  TJGodel | 07/26/07
Ok Mr. Berlind, i'm accepting my fate ...  hdn.de | 07/27/07
OK, just came across this one  hdn.de | 07/27/07
We may be asking for Gods help .  brandstetter.photo@... | 07/27/07
Why not?  ray.polakovic@... | 08/01/07
Web apps are generally ok for minimal use  jeffrey.watson@... | 08/01/07
The next os slogan "Doing more, Easier"  MrMMills | 08/01/07
Firmware OS portability  vancegilbert@... | 08/01/07
And the winner is.... drum roll please  smoring | 08/02/07
David ! You mist a point.  pobstar1@... | 08/05/07
IE7 too restrictive for you?  jeture | 08/05/07
Great Point NT  soonerproud | 08/23/07

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