[Info-vax] newVMS, was: Re: [OT] Abbreviations, was: Re: Desperately Seeking OpenVMS ecosystem

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On Sunday, December 8, 2013 4:49:47 PM UTC-5, johnwa... at yahoo.co.uk wrote:

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> E.g. Vista was a bit of a hiccup for MS, and Windows 8 seems to be headed the 
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> same way. Windows 7 hasn't exactly taken the world by storm. OK those are 
> 
> client/desktop products, but desktops make a lot of money for the MS world 
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> (which is much broader than just MS). Just how proven is a five-year-out 
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> bet-the-business gamble on MS? And who can answer questions like that anyway?

Just as a side comment, it seems that every other OS from MS sucks. OK, sucks 
extra. Remember Windows ME? Then XP. Then Vista. Then Windows 7 (according to a 
co-worker it's like XP, but with sucky sharing). Then Windows 8. So to maintain 
the pattern, Win 95 would also suck donkey kong, while Win 98 would be "ok".

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