October 2009
7 posts
Why hasn't Vista sold well?
marco:
From John Gruber’s article about Windows 7 adoption:
The truth is that no one really knows why Vista fared so poorly in the market. It defies a simple explanation.
I’ll try to provide one: Most people had no reason to upgrade, and plenty of reasons not to. I’d guess that Gruber’s theory stated earlier in the article is spot on:
What if the reason why most PCs are still running XP...
“The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies...”
– John C. Dvorak, San Francisco Examiner 02/19/84
Via CNN Money
Dustin Curtis: how mr q manufactured emotion →
Love him or hate him for giving different perspectives on commercial websites… he is an interesting person.
Dustin took advantage of the Jet blue 30 Day ‘Unlimited Flight’ promotion. At first. I just like everyone else, thought he was nuts for doing so. Now I am starting to think not so much anymore.
Granted I have flown enough to know that airports & most airlines are...
