Xgl, wow!

[Georg Wrede]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote:
> 
>> But, it's cool, sure. Still, I wonder if anybody over 30 finds it 
>> useful at work.
> 
> I doubt it (I'm well over 30 <g>). What's a real productivity booster 
> for me is bigger screens, more pixels. Sharper fonts are better, too.
> 
> I couldn't care less about special effects on the UI.
> 
> If Microsoft wants my Vista $$, the feature I want is to not be able to 
> surreptitiously install a rootkit. Oh, and a way to reinstall the 
> operating system (when it does get rootkitted anyway) without 
> reinstalling all my apps.
> 
> Because of the rootkit problem, I've resigned myself to not only do 
> regular backups, but regular reinstalls of Windows, whether or not there 
> are any symptoms of a rootkit.

Maybe reinstalls and backups aren't included when Microsoft pays 
consultancies to do Linux/Windows TCO comparisons?

:-)