I was reading a thread in a forum discussing the name of Microsoft’s new Operating System, “Windows Vista”, I came to the conclusion that people thought it “sucked”, it was “unoriginal”, “lame”, “horrible”, etc.
I personally don’t care one way or another what the name is. I will definitely be buying the product. The funny thing is, the majority of the people in the thread that just hated the name, also lean more towards the “anti-Microsoft” club. I think no matter what the name was, no matter how creative or catchy, the same people would have thought it “sucked.”
I don’t think they really had an issue with a name, but instead with the product itself…It is a MS product after all.
I still don’t understand why so many people dislike Microsoft. I realize people have their OS preferences, they may prefer to program for Unix rather than windows, or they just can’t stand the fact that MS has become as successful as it has. Even given those reasons though, there is a place for Microsoft in our community.
In business in general, competition is a good thing… an OUTSTANDING thing. Your competitors are often what drive you to take your service or product to the next level. You watch your rivals and see what they are doing … and HOW they are doing it. You learn from their mistakes and you strive to deliver an even better product.
So all of you people who swear by Linux or Mac, thank Microsoft for your “great” product.