No. 1 Tech Disappointment of 2007

First there was MS DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), a great little program! Then there was Windows 3 making it possible for any novice to use the computer to some advantage even if they had never seen one before. And, the maintenance on these old machines sure was easy enough though some hardware could break anyone's piggy bank.

Then there was Windows NT (New Technology...notice we deliberately side stepped the OS/2 issue with Big Blue who had enough sense to run but not enough to prevent them from eventually selling their PC division to China in 2005 becoming known as Lenovo) followed by Windows 95 and NT4... still decent.

Then came Windows 98 which would force the retirement of all those Win 95s everyone had spent a fortune and a lifetime updating. And, oh, by the way, the only change of any difference was the FAT32 replacing the FAT16.

Then came all the fixes dubbed Windows 98 Second Edition an interim way to squeeze money from Microsoft's enamored public while it readied Windows Millennium (Win ME) and Windows 2000. The Windows 98SE claim to fame appeared to be more drivers and Windows ME was but the final edition of Windows 98 dubbed Win9x.

The Windows 2000 editions built on NT4 was little more than a stop gap before all the Windows XP trials and errors. XP turned out to be little more than a fix for Windows 2000.

Likewise, Windows ME was but a harbinger of things to come. In our humble opinion Microsoft had at last all but perfected the DOS based 9x windows system when they decided to dump all things DOS and stop supporting it forcing the upgrades of millions of customers.

Then came Windows Server Edition followed by XP and all their editions, updates, releases and service packs followed by VISTA. VISTA despite requiring extra hardware to run it at any speed has the dubious distinction of being Microsoft's most bulky and slowest operating system to date. Now you have the basics. Can you say cha ching?

Are you ready for VISTA yet? Maybe Microsoft will give us a grace period until their next worse operating is unleashed, but I wouldn't hold my breath. In this environment stock holders are in a surly mood and want annual profits bigger and better than the year before.

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