I was so annoyed with Vista I converted to Mac.

I find the media flurry surround Windows 7 slightly amusing but needless to say, don’t give a crap. ^_^

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There’s a hilarious Windows 7 metaphor over on Slashdot.

http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1414209&cid=29835259

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Luke Hallam Reply:
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:08 pm

@Paul the Slashdot metaphor is brilliant!

Personally I’ve been using Linux at home for more than five years and I’m surprised it didn’t get a mention as a Microsoft competitor in the article above. There is little you can’t do with a Linux system these days and you can’t argue with the price or cost of ownership.

Windows 7 launch party… not bloody likely! It is bad enough that I’ll have to use it at work after the IT guys are prepared to make the leap from XP.

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I’m quite surprised at your subject heading and watery content here.

I don’t know you so perhaps this is your style of writing. I almost took Anthill seriously for being an ‘entrepreneurial’ type of online magazine, but this attempt to sensationalise something with your own opinion shows me that you are another .. ‘yawwwwwnnnn’ Microsoft knocker and it’s getting old hat … another slashdot wannabe. It seems to be quite a divide between the bitter and twisteds who feed on bagging everything Microsoft…

How disappointing that as online magazine trying to promote all these hot ‘under thirty’ sensations and use all your fancy ‘buzz words’, that you can’t step back and look at things objectively from both sides. This dislike for Microsoft sort of sounds like ‘tall poppy syndrome’ at it’s worst and your comments don’t actually cover anything objective or substantiate in a manner than can be measured.

I would suspect the media flurry is due to ‘paid advertising’ and nothing less, and the real free advertising is the sensationalism … because you go my attention here, in my LinkedIN and RSS feeds, but hey you know what – it reminded me to look up a couple of recipes for dips and toppings online, for MY windows 7 party I’m having tonight where we’ve got 30 or so people coming around to check out how it’s installed, some of the features, have a bbq, eat some of our ‘windows 7′ cake we’re getting made and… network, talk about stuff in general and look at it as being a marketing approach to get back to our customers and keeping in touch with friends on a topical subject.

It is interesting how things like this taint your view on a website you thought was really good. *sigh* but I guess perhaps short of a story and it did it’s job, but the end result, well… Anthill Credibility Thursday >> 7 Anthill Credibility 4 … you had already lost some points for one of your stories that wasn’t really quite true in the sense in how it was written, sneaky but smart sensationalism I call it.

We own both Linux and Microsoft solutions. We support both and try to look at a balanced solution. You might have got a moments notice here, but for me, you’re up to Strike three and you’re out… I’m not going to bother reading your online magazine anymore, subscribe to your RSS feeds, nor recommended any more of your articles or events to my clients.

I’m also a simple person, and, I have modest following of subscribers in the Microsoft space as well.. in the open source environment of web CMS solutions, and I’m old.. much older than most of you guys and probably have kids older than you lot. But you know what, I try to look at things objectively, respect that nothing is perfect in this world, and at some point in time, people / companies get it right. I have had nothing but impressive feedback from people using Windows 7. Not a single negative comment except they wished it was sooner, and many of these people hadn’t had the bad experiences with Vista either, but they really like Windows 7.

OK, had my morning rant… so time to have a cup of coffee and then off to get ready for the party because I’m not going to let you be the party pooper that you have shown yourself to be.

Have a good one tonight… I’ll have a drink for the ‘slashdot’ wannabe who got on the bandwagon.

Or perhaps I’m just a cynic these days… but I’ll send you a picture of our cake.. hows’ that for something to look forward to.

Cheers

Nina Meiers

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Paul Ryan Reply:
October 24th, 2009 at 9:53 am

Hi Nina,

Sorry to have lost you. I wouldn’t say we are anti-Microsoft per se. We publish a wide range of views from contributors and, yes, sometimes these put some readers offside. But the great thing is they are never bashful in voicing their disagreement here, and we like it that way.

I haven’t tried Windows 7 yet, nor have I been to a W7 home launch party. I’m sure you’ll admit, the latter is not to everyone’s taste. But kudos for getting one off the ground. It’s delightful to think that you guys can have your cake and eat it too. Send us a picture and we’ll post it online, without editorialising.

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James Tuckerman Reply:
October 25th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

PS. Microsoft is an occasional advertiser of Anthill’s. We’ve never received a cent from Mac. If triggering a flurry of advertising was only so simple!

Seriously Nina, look beyond the headline:

“I have very simple tastes. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been using Windows 7 since the Beta version and I love it, but then again I love Vista too. I never had any of the compatibility problems that frustrated so many of my colleagues.”

People often question whether we have an editorial ‘slant’ about politics, brands, people. The only policy we apply is one that celebrates innovation and questions poor commercial judgments (we also usually like to keep our focus on Australian shores, but that’s clearly not always possible).

We also like to publish contributed editorial (such as this one), likely to fire up discussion.

So…

1. Please do take some happy snaps.
2. And, why not pen a piece?

I can see the headline now:

“Is anyone else sick of all the Microsoft bashing?”

I’m sure the post would generate views from both camps.

Best regards
James Tuckerman
Publisher / Editor-In-Chief

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John Power Reply:
October 25th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

I’m sick of the “Microsoft bashing”. Most of it is ill informed, emotive and unbalanced. Windows 7 will be a great success if only because it overcomes the issues some had with Vista and there is a huge backlog of users needing to move on from XP. Is Microsoft perfect – no way. Are all their products perfect – no, it often takes a few goes to get there but as someone who extensively uses their technologies and works closely with their organization at multiple levels I see a lot more good than bad. There’s a simple reason why they continue to dominate the PC world and have made serious inroads into the enterprise space in the last 10 years…they continue to provide the best overall value proposition and we all keep buying it.

Laugh, Laugh, Laugh !! Have you seen the video of the opening of Microsoft’s new store? Pure copy of Apple style ! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yaamwsW0PM

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I find ‘all that media hype’ to be quite hilarious. so far i have leaned that the new windows will ‘snap’ two windos next to each other… whoopty bloody do.

btw, i am a vista user, also got two 64 bit machines in my office that are almost as useful as a door stop. we are a technology company dependant on other peoples software, and our part of the world no one has got 64 bit software that works yet.

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If you are planning a Windows 7 party, don’t forget to have Panadeine or Asprin handy, Windows is known to catch viruses often !!

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Good article. The headline caught me perfectly as it was what I had been wondering for a week or so, underpinned with a similar lack of bias as I’ve always been a windows user.

Excited about windows 7… umm.. no. From 3.1 in dos to xp to vista it just gets prettier.. Do I care? Not really.. it lets me compute; sure it crashes.. and that sucks but then I can’t write anything better than a batch file so how can I complain about an operating system maker?

** I just jumped to the MS website and gave them a chance to ‘sell me’ on the OS as I hadn’t really looked **

Points of note were interface, Aero ‘snap’ and ‘shake’ features and touchscreen bits. Do you love the internet? I do >> http://www.askvg.com/transform-windows-vista-into-windows-7-without-using-customization-pack/

http://www.nirmaltv.com/2008/11/13/get-windows-7-aero-snap-in-vista/ >> installed, kinda cool..

http://www.askvg.com/get-windows-7-aero-shake-feature-in-windows-xp-and-vista/ >> bit irrelevant, i usually have 10-15 things open all the time and my desktop is full of icons so whatever.. might be handy if you’re doing graphics or presenting and want to focus in on single attachments over a few you have opened and have a huge clean background; client presentations and such

I’m installing the GUI, calculator and paint now weeee

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Actually, In general, I’m a fan of Microsoft. I do say that in my article, but I’m not tied to any particular technology. I’ve been using Windows 7 for a while and I like it but I wish they would raise their game on consumer marketing.

My criticism is aimed at what I consider to be an odd campaign for a MS launch at a time when the spotlight is on them, following on from a poor uptake of Vista.

Sorry if this has offended you somehow, but rather than ‘Microsoft bagging’ I prefer to say it as I see it and provide commentary from the side line on an interesting development in business technology.

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I think that a lot of the bitterness here is down to the fact that Microsoft charged an awful lot of money to upgrade an XP operating system to Vista which in many cases didn’t work properly – and then had the gall to charge again for an operating system which in part just fixed what they shouldn’t have sold you in the first place.
I think that Microsoft bashing is the consequence of people feeling they are being held to ransom by a company that no longer has the illustrious shine it once had. A good % of people’s computer and applications are dependent on Microsoft, and people resent this, and the way that Microsoft are exploiting it. Happily this almost monopolistic behaviour will become a thing of the past.

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Nina Myers was the name of the character who killed Jack’s wife in the last episode of season 1 of ’24′. She was a bad lady who could never be trusted. I would never go to a party at her place.

I am sick of Anthill bashing, one article, no matter how the audience manages to skew it, is ever going to entirely represent the character & general content of its publisher. I like reading constructive feedback, but I don’t like reading ‘reasons why I hate you’ feedback. Why are these people reading in the first place?

Keep up the good work Anthillians, I enjoy reading the variety of articles available.

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Paul Ryan Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

Thanks Garth. Appreciate the support.

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Windows 7 will/should save you time, as the new features make tiny repetitive tasks much easier, or just has a way to instantly do a 3 click action with 1 click.

I skipped Vista heheh
When I bought a new computer, a 64 bit operating system was the only option if I wanted to use all the technology I purchased.
Win XP is very old, not made to handle new hardware.

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