Intel not upgrading to Vista

According to DownloadSquad, Intel, with about 80,000 employees is not going to upgrade all their employees to Vista. Wow!

A post on OSNews suggests that Windows could use some fresh air.

A post on Computerworld, Dear Microsoft, thanks for the help, Linux, suggests that the opportunity for other OSs will increase as Microsoft phases out easy access to Windows XP.

In Linux/Microsoft related news, Slashdot notes that Microsoft will be more open source friendly with the departure of Bill Gates.

The Departure of Bill Gates in Comics

These two strips are regular reads for me. Both of them capture the humor of people/things in the computer/technology world....

PC Weenies: Bill's Last Day

Joy of Tech: Happy Retirement

Windows: "An absolute mess" -- Bill Gates

Bill Gates wrote a scathing email (rant) about his experience trying to install Windows MovieMaker. OSNews has posted it in: Full Text: an Epic Bill Gates e-Mail Rant.

The real reason that other systems have been gaining on Windows---it's an absolute mess! Will Windows 7 fix this? I doubt it!

The original Seattle-PI post: Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant. It has some a comment by Bill Gates at the end:

As for the message, Gates smiled and said, "There's not a day that I don't send a piece of e-mail ... like that piece of e-mail. That's my job."

Feeding Cannibals?

Take the Cannibal Quiz.

Windows 7 - Release Date Set

OSNews reports Microsoft Sets Ship Date to January 2010.

A post on Slashdot, No XP Reprieve; Windows 7 Release Set, links to more details. Previously, Slashdot reported that
DOJ To Oversee Windows 7 Development. That's sure to set things back!

On a related note, Microsoft Pledges Windows XP Support Through 2014. 2014, then why stop shipping it at the end of the month?

How much will it slip? The next version of OS X (Snow Leopard) will be out next year.

Wordle

Wordle is an interesting Java application that takes text and displays it graphically depending on the frequency count of the words in the text. Here's chapter 7 of Cocoa Programming For Mac OS X, 3e:


The Wordle gallery contains some interesting images.

XP/Vista RoundUp

Time to clear out a few items that have accumulated in Google Reader....

Windows XP:

• Windows XP SP3 Causing Router Crashes
• XP Deathwatch, T Minus 2 Weeks
• $50 to Get XP On a New Dell

Vista:

• Man Gets Windows Vista to Work With Printer
• Reminder: Windows Vista SP1 RC expires on June 30

Blog Value?

I think that is about $9,400 too much. To find out how much your blog is worth go to My blog value.

Microsoft: Don't Wait

OSNews reports that Microsoft is trying to discourage people from waiting: Don't Wait for it, Says Microsoft. A few days ago, this post Microsoft requires Windows 7 driver testing for Vista certification. Starting today. Wha? appeared on Dvorak Unlimited.

Meanwhile, Microsoft releases Windows Search 4.0. I haven't heard of anyone using any previous release and have seen only a little press on Windows Search.

and on the XP front:

Windows XP Lives, Thanks to Linux and Microsoft Denies Call-in 'Save XP' Petition

In contrast to this confusion, there is a rumor that Apple may be releasing their next release in January. See Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Coming in January 2009? for details. More information about it may come at the Developer's Conference next week, certainly more about iPhone 2.0!