Jerry, I'm not entirely sure you understand my position.

I WANT people to buy Vista or a better MS OS.

I WANT Microsoft to make money.

Hades, I'm a stockholder.

But I do NOT want Microsoft to push an inferior product on people and I
think they have done a completely terrible and incompetent marketing job on
Vista.

Hades, they can't even provide TEN Good Reasons for XP users to upgrade to
Vista.

All they can do is mumble and pass gas and tell us support for XP will
eventually be cut off and they will obsolete their own product -- which they
felt they were not doing fast enough before.

Heads should roll at Redmond.

These MVP's are being put in a very difficult and untenable position where
they are not being provided with the Good Information they need to tell us
about the Vista product and easily absorbed technical information, which
they can then pass on to us, concerning capabilities and liabilities.

I get the impression they are being muzzled and micro-managed to the point
where their options are very limited as to what they can tell us. The MVP's
are Smart, Savvy People I'm sure -- and they should be kept on a looser rein
to the point where they can give us Good Gouge.

I fully realize they are not marketers or hacks working for Microsoft, just
pushing product -- nor should they be.

But they should be IN THE Know more -- and not be hamstrung so much by
bureaucrats.

'Nuff Said.

So, where are you posting from?

DSH

"HEMI-Powered" wrote in message
...

Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Spence, by and large, you are correct, but speaking to the choir.
Thinking people not easily swayed by marketing hype designed to
scare them aren't worried. And, the last time I looked, nobody
was holding an Uzi to anyone's head to make them BUY an new O/S.
The real issue, not necessarily being debated here is what do NEW
PC buyers do? Ya can't buy XP anymore.

This risible business about "being told to uninstall a few
applications because Vista won't run with them" -- before
installing Vista on a box is appalling.

I certainly don't want to uninstall any applications in order
to make Vista operate properly.

Far better to wait until applications and Vista are more
sympatico with each other and THEN install Vista -- IF someone
can tell us TEN Good Reasons that are not fluff, smoke and
mirrors why Vista is far better than XP Pro SP2.

I'll even buy an entirely new system if required.

This silly-buggers, repeated cry to:

"Tell me how you use your computer and the hardware
description and I'll tell you if Vista is right for you" is
kindergarten stuff.

Joe Doaks may be using his computer one way today and then get
a digital camera and want to be rapidly processing mega-pixel
image files a month from now -- so that methodology is flawed
from the get-go.

Today's Requirements May Be A Far Cry From One's Requirements
Six Months From Now -- As Technologies & Requirements Evolve.

The Burden of Proof is on Microsoft to tell us TEN Good
Reasons why Vista is better than XP Pro SP2 NOW.

So far, they have struck out.

Is anyone still buying Windows Millennium Edition that was
once so widely touted as a breakthrough edition?

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

Fortem Posce Animum

--
HP, aka Jerry