Comments on: Microsoft chugs toward Windows 7 release

A near-final release candidate--expected to be the last public test version--is being given to developers on Thursday. It is slated to be publicly available May 5.

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"by mmagliaro April 30, 2009 8:27 AM PDT
Two words: "Who cares?"
Is anybody really going to bother with Windows 7 unless or until MS rams it down their throats (i.e.. makes it impossible to get any other Windows O/S?)
Who in their right mind, running XP right now, with their browser and Office and music player, etc, all working just fine, really cares about putting a new version of Windows on their computer?

As for the UAC and feeling less secure, no, it is NOT true that pulling back on the warnings should automatically make p[eople feel less safe. If we had any deep-down confidence in Microsoft's ability to create secure software, we wouldn't feel so "unsafe." The reason people feel less safe is because over enough years, even non-programmers have figured out that Windows is a giant piece of Swiss cheese when it comes to security. The browser, O/S, networking, file sharing, mail, etc, are all so insidiously interconnected that they'll NEVER make Windows secure. I'll never forget the day I noticed that just firing up Windows Media Player automatically causes the UPnP to go out to my router and open a port! Why, "Thank You", Microsoft, for pulling s**t like this and not telling me.

I think two forces are at work:
1. A long history of security problems
2. A disasterous gaff with Vista for which they never compensated anybody.

Between those two things, MS is in a death spiral. They are powerful and have lots of cash, so they'll be around for a long time. But their days of being the "only game in town" are over. Peck by Peck, people are going to drift toward Linux and MacOS because those are viable options now.


Now Now Apple lover settle down before you blow out your iphone ......and no they will not go towards Mac as for Linux LOL thats a totally laugh out loud........ ( um.......... i smell a under 25 that believe steve Jobs is go.Sorry being both a APPLE and MICROSOFT user i dont buy your bs )Linux is open source hence both apple and windows people love this .......... your pushy and narrow minded comment just proves apple lovers just continue to follow the shinny red apple any where apple places a product for the weak and believe everything that pple produces is gold......... Sorry Apple is no better then micro soft in many ways......... Just deal with it .thats just the way it is.........