[ Thanks to Jeremy
Allison for this link. ]
“Five years after the release of Windows XP and costing a
staggering $9 billion to create, Windows Vista has been released to
manufacturing by Microsoft. The mighty marketing machine has swung
into action. ‘Microsoft’s most important product launch ever’ blare
the headlines in the trade press. Yet the silence from businesses
and customers is deafening. No one cares. Contrast this with what
most people would consider Microsoft’s most successful Windows
launch ever: Windows 95. People actually queued outside stores to
be the first to buy this exciting new product, the launch itself
was covered as news; real news, actually covered by the mainstream
press as a real media event; not just in the computer trade
press…”