I have a beef...
March 16, 2011 Posted by mitch | linux, microsoft | 0 Comments
So... something has been irritating me lately... It might come as no surprise that Windows bothers me to no end. Its sheer idiotic use and changing of the GUI is mind numbing. Because for the change they're making... it really doesn't make it more user friendly... its making it more flashy and dumbing it down for those that still believe computers to be magical boxes. They're not. Don't get me wrong... the hardware that is going into them is amazing and the hardware designers that are making it are doing a superb job.... My complain is not with them, it is with the idiot software being put on that hardware.
Windows was never designed to be use en-mass as a server... because the dependance on a gui and the fact they felt the need to change the GUI... Microsoft can claim all they want to and even be justified in the GUI changes made to their "Consumer" OS... Windows Vista... Windows 7... But why must they change the GUI on the Server? Why must they make it like their Consumer OS? They should not be designing a GUI for grandma and think thats the same interface that their tech workers want to use to manage 100 Servers... Its stupid. And for that Microsoft... You have earned my disdain, and will continue to have it. It is that reason I bought my wife a Mac, and I will buy my Daughter a Mac. I will continue to use Linux, and I will recommend every Server install to be of a Linux or Mac variety. Why? Because they don't sully my intelligence for the likes of a few that will NEVER use the Server version of your OS.
In light of seeing your more recent financial troubles... I lavish in it. To see that the world is coming around to my way of thinking with each passing release of your OS. I wait for the day that we will see your OS drop somewhere in the 20-40% range. That is, in my opinion, where you belong.
