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

[David Froble]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <f2f79535-2f78-4cab-9983-c8720a11079b at googlegroups.com>,
> 	AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> writes:
>> On Sunday, December 8, 2013 4:49:47 PM UTC-5, johnwa... at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> E.g. Vista was a bit of a hiccup for MS, and Windows 8 seems to be headed the 
>>>
>>> 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 
>>>
>>> (which is much broader than just MS). Just how proven is a five-year-out 
>>>
>>> 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".
>>
>> AEF
>>
>> [...]
> 
> I keep seeing this "Vista sucked" stuff.  I don't get it.  I still have
> two machines running Vista and see no reason to move them to anything
> else.  They will probably remain Vista systems until the hardware they
> run on dies.  Then I will have to decide wether or not to do another
> Vista system as I will still have the licenses.
> 
> bill
> 

Not sure what you're evaluating.  For me, Vista sucks big time.  What I 
look at is the ease, or lack, of doing any configuration stuff.  I truly 
grow weary when I'm asked a dozen times if I REALLY want to do 
something.  Just finding any networking settings is like looking for the 
proverbial needle in the haystack.

If you're thinking that I'm just some VMS dummy that cannot know 
anything else, I will state that I had much less problem with every MS 
OS prior to Vista.

I'm also less than thrilled with Windows 7, it only lasted a week before 
I reverted to XP on the test system.  I'll confirm the networking 
problems mentioned above.