I was paraphrased in an Orlando Sentinel article today about Windows Vista.

My thoughts:

• Great new look and features, reminds me heavily of how OSX has been for years.
• This will be adopted by users slowly, because (1) people are afraid that they might not be able to learn the new OS, (2) they are not willing to shell out the extra money, and (3) they are worried the OS won’t run on their computer (which it most likely will, but possibly not as smoothly as it would on a newer computer).
• Microsoft is going to make a LOT more of money in the next two years. I bought stock.
• If you want Vista, instead of spending $150 on the upgrade, spend $500 on buying a shiny new laptop. (There are a lot of deals out there right now).
• Don’t forget to buy the new edition of Office. MS Office has been the greatest product by Microsoft, in my opinion. They have been more innovative and trendsetting than any other office suite.
• Immediately, install Firefox. I will not support MS Internet Explorer, until they are standards compliant. IE is a tremendous pain to every website developer.