Vista vs. Cairo - A Microsoft History Lesson

avocade writes "Here is a nice history lesson by (the unfortunately infamous) Daniel Eran, arguing why the Longhorn/Vista road is very similar to the NT/Cairo road that Microsoft took in the 90's, effectively trying their best to discourage competition in the marketplace."

Perfect Timing

[Joebert]

I shit you not, I was listening to the Wizard Of Oz on TV in the background when I opened this story.
Coincidence ?
I think not.


On a serious note, if it worked before, why do anything different ?
Are you trying to tell me that Microsoft doesn't have all the money ?

Re:Infamous indeed - spammer

[cloricus]

We don't have to; His server is already slashdotted!
 
Maybe he is still running an early 90s NT server?

Very Nice Link...

[bigdavesmith]

The Borg Cube bearing the Microsoft logo, destroying Earth, with flames reaching up from off-frame image [roughlydrafted.com] just screams professionalism. I will take anything this site says very seriously.

Re:Microsoft lost the war long ago

[Anonymous Coward]

Ya, A high traffic web site vs. the company that runs 90% of personal computers.. They are done for. In other news, the Java platform is posed to take over as the predominant OS.

Re:Cairo vs NT/Cairo

[6Yankee]

Even more confusing when you read it as "Vista vs. Casio", and look forward to a story about a digital watch being forced to run Vista and bursting into flames :(