[OT] Vista, (was: Entice Designer 0.8.2 release)

[Jari-Matti Mäkelä]

Saaa wrote:
> Are even programmers against vista?
> Is it because of the price? Or maybe you think it isn't necessary?
> You must understand that the real features of vista which are interesting 
> can't be shown in general commercials, right?

No, but please don't think you can force people to think the same way as
you do.

There are several reasons not to always use the newest version of
Windows. Maybe the biggest (from the developer POV) are compatibility
issues. People start to develop Vista-only apps with the new shiny dev
tools. Simply great, now everyone has to convert.

Sure it has interesting 'features' like Aero (which is a bad joke
compared to Beryl), but you know, some people really don't appreciate
the arbitrary limits the OS introduces - like maximum number of network
sessions < n (where n is a relatively small number, forcing you to buy
the most expensive Vista version if you do networking stuff), picture
quality of video clips on non-HDCP displays is max a x b pixels. Then it
phones home, forces to register new hardware, forces to use WMP, WMA,
standards-wise retarded IE7, etc.

Now if you think these are features, please take a look at any other OS
out there. Maybe you will notice the feeling that you're not being held
hostage anymore.