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Originally Posted by exitwound
Things change and evolve in the computer world faster than pretty much anywhere else. You still want graphics cards on an AGP interface too? How about IDE Ribbons because they're familiar? Were you reluctant in giving up floppy disks for CD-r?
You've accepted the idea of using the operating system that's synonymous with GUI and you still complain about it. 
Windows 7 is a fantastic leap over XP in nearly every way. Even over Vista.
People freak out because Windows has so many critical updates and insecurities yet you DEMAND that they provide backward compatibility from older OSes to preserve your environments. You can't have both. The backwards compatibility is what cripples Windows as much as it keeps it the #1 OS on the planet. |
You are absolutely mistaken. I can log into almost any branch of UNIX/LINUX and expect to find the same stuff in /usr/bin /bin /sbin and what not. I expect the same level of familiarity for the purpose of productivity, compatibility and stability in any business geared operating system. Unix style systems have been around far longer than Windows has and yet they are still very backwards compatible.
To further clarify - I am not complaining about the existence of a GUI but the usability of a GUI. In XP i had a perfectly usable GUI - one I have been using in a relatively stable form since 1995 (Windows 95 eh?) so to remove it from existence is forcing me to use someone else's tool box. I'm sure in time I will adjust to it but that doesn't mean I have to like or appreciate being forced to.
I have my fair share of windows support experience, prior to my current career choices I was a systems administrator, I was an MCSE and I was certified in Windows 95, NT and 2000. I think the hardest test I have taken is probably the windows 95 certification test.
So - dude - you can shove your Windows based indignation to anyone's contrary opinion where the sun doesn't shine.
Yes; Microsoft changed things.
Yes; That is their right - it is their product.
No; I don't have to use it - or do I really have a choice?
I do not freak out over security updates myself.