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Windows 7 Looks Interesting

March 12, 2009 by Kyle Brady
Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
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I'll be the first person to admit that I don't like Windows, and haven't for years.  I've gotten frustrated with their lack of user control, their continuing assumptions on the intelligence of users, and the general crappy slowness that has become so pervasive in the operating system.

I've been using Linux (Ubuntu) for awhile, but my desktop won't install it... there's a problem with some hardware I have, so I've had to use Vista for the last 8 months.  I'm not happy about it, and the only reason it's functional is because I have so much bleeding-edge hardware that the slowness is neglible.

However, I was pretty surprised at the hoopla over the Windows 7 Beta release awhile ago, and found myself interested in what may be happening on the inside of Microsoft.  I've always had a love/hate relationship with Microsoft and Bill Gates, a combination of awe in their sheer dominance, and annoyance for the same reason; so this potential "radical change" in the Windows product appealed to my curiousity.

And now, today, I came across a poll from 200 users of the Beta.  Take a look at what they put together and tell me you're not interested.  That you're not scared.  That you're not sitting in a corner, crying, with your thumb in your mouth.

Because, folks, it looks like Microsoft is ready to be back on top.  We already knew that, thanks to an interview with Ray Ozzie that made me quite scared of the next few years in software (but somehow hopeful too), but they apparently mean it.  Think about it:  Microsoft put out a beta version of their next operating system, pretty much on time, and it got good reviews and feedback.

This is difficult to imagine in a world where Vista was lauded as the end-all-be-all of gamechanging software, but this poll seems to fit with the rumors I've been hearing around the 'net.

Microsoft finds itself, once again in a corner.  But when do they perform and innovate best?

When they feel threatened, or feel a need to obliterate any and all competition.

The Beast has risen, and he has the name of Microsoft...

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