He still makes a couple of points though.
That's an easy one. Microsoft doesn't want you using XP; they want to suck you into the Windows 7 plantation.
How to make a Microsoft executive roll on the floor laughing: suggest that they make a terrific app backwards-compatible with an older generation of their OS.
Yet since he's a Windows basher you still like to post his articles. This is no different than saying more highway accidents involve cars than trucks, since most desktop computers are Windows. As for his inference Linux is in-penetrable, it's still by far the most hacked web server, close to 5 to 1 more Linux servers hacked than Windows according to the defacement archive stats for 2010.
http://www.zone-h.org/news/id/4737
Nothing personal, just keeping it real.
Can someone post the picture of Captain Obvious.
Ain't it a riot? In an article whose subject is "Windows malware", the LEAD SENTENCE STILL CONTAINS "Mac Users". Can't avoid getting that dig in there, can they? Gotta get those page hits. It's all about being a tech-writer prostitute.
I swear, these tech writers could teach the whores of Thailand a thing or two.
Oh, well... I'm running a mix of Win7 and XP on my many various Windows boxes, and probably won't switch to IE9 (from IE8) until either: a) I ditch XP entirely, not for a couple more years, or b) Microsoft wises up and releases a version of IE9 for XP. (Uh, best of luck with that!)
And I’ll bet most of those come from the “blogosphere” - blogspot, myspace, examiner, etc. etc.
And probably half of them are browser “add-ons” like emoticon creators. I know somebody who got nailed by those multiple times, she just couldn’t accept that those cute little emoticons might be evil. IT was about ready to kill her.