engadget.com — Damn, Bill, you have come a LONG way. Look at you there back in '82, you handsome devil. As part of our tribute, let's take a quick look back at the top ten greatest (and not so great) products created on Bill-time, shall we? Don't worry, it'll only sting a little.
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Closed AccountJun 28, 2008
No, it's a total flop, because it's only used by non-Firefox users?
hanglyJun 29, 2008
Microsoft was very very slow to pick up on the internet. AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve and a dozen other online services had been offering internet access for years before Microsoft realized it existed, and even then they responded by imitating the above (by launching MSN.) It wasn't until much later that they developed a browser or browser-based applications, the latter only long after Sun's Java had existed for quite a long time.
allthingsthatflyJun 29, 2008
forgot the Zune under s**t section.
legendxxJun 29, 2008
I've used Vista. I did not spend any money on it and am extremely glad. You dumbf**k Vista-Lovers need to realize its not about security or performance. It's about features. Just because it 'hasn't' crashed for you IS NOT A REASON TO USE/SUPPORT IT. Vista is slower than XP accross the board.Vista is still not secure enough. You're all still using 3rd party AV software right? I don't care how secure something is.. if you need an addon to really lock it down then you're really back at square one.Vista has zero new features worth any price tag. Modders were able to make XP look and function exactly like Vista in a month.. MS took 7 years. Your beloved 'Start menu search' and every other new feature is available on sourceforge. There are a lot of other foundation problems with Vista that you probably don't even notice but are signs of things to come. The NT kernal has had it's time in the sun and should not be built upon any more. You can only load so many bells and whistles onto one chassis. Why why why do you idiots encourage MS to release more s**tty products with no feature enhancements by giving them your money every time they release and OS. Every release of OSX has some new ground-breaking feature like time-machine (which still does not have a decent windows equivalent - even by a 3rd party). I hate mac fanboys and will never be caught dead with a mac in my lifetime but goddamn they could out with some good s**t every couple of months.So yes Vista is the biggest miss by MS to date.. easily.
irondonutJun 29, 2008
What are you talking about? Many companies use Sql Server as their enterprise database. Most companies use Exchange as their enterprise messaging system.
mrbitchJun 30, 2008
RE : " will never be caught dead with a mac in my lifetime but goddamn they could out with some good s**t every couple of months. "Wow, apart from your emotional issues - your summary is spot on.
Closed AccountJul 1, 2008
Yeah, that's If you want your OS to run well, Mac OS X is also a memory pig too; every OS has it's hardware requirements so your precious UNIX Based system aren't free of that either.