[olug] Microsoft is out of control!

[Phil Brutsche]

thehaas at binary.net wrote:

> My question is -- what does MS think that Longhorn will give Home Joe
> User that they will want to upgrade to a massive machine?

To some (and for most tasks) new machines on the market are already
incredibly massive.

How many people are going to sit around with their current machines for
3 years?  I know I won't.

> Already, people are happy when their machines "just work" -- they
> just want to email, IM, surf, and maybe make a greeting card or two.
> How is Longhorn going to improve their user experience?

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us