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Did you know that Microsoft today has finished the RTM release of Windows 7.
If you are one of the corporations to subscribe to an “open” licensing package like this one
THEN
you will get your very own, non-beta Windows 7 copy any day now
ELSE
you will have to wait until October 22 to get your hands on a system pre-built with Windows 7.
If you think you can’t turn on the television now without seeing a “if you can find it, it is yours” campaign or the “Bing” commercials, you have not seen anything yet.
On October 21, will we see people pitching a tent in the Best Buy parking lot just to get their hands on this product?
Just one moment, maybe they will be sitting outside a Microsoft store instead!?
Yes I said Microsoft store.
Where ever they may be pitching tents on Wednesday October 22, are there Microsoft fans anymore who love this stuff that much? I assert that the true computer fans, in their heart of hearts, already love other software cultures such as Apple, Free and Open Software, or vendor UNIX. Just in case, I will visit a store that evening to see if there are any campers and report back.
explanation prompted by the entire wu-tang-clan :
For those who don’t remember, when Microsoft released Windows 95 they made a big party about it and Microsoft fans were camping out for the very opportunity to have their hands on the very very latest copy of Windows. As I recall, they actually sold out. Ever since then, Microsoft has attempted to duplicate this lever of excitement without any of the pitfalls by taking preorders. Are you going to pre-order Windows 7? Vote here
In the meantime… OK internet, here is your chance. If you are a person who isn’t on the Microsoft payroll out there who can say you love Microsoft and you can’t wait for Windows 7, comment here.
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Microsoft may not have that type of community revolving around the operating system. It’s probably different in regards to gaming consoles where there are many fans for each manufacturer (and yet, all just as bad as each other).
Anyone that interested in the Windows 7 release could be already using it.
Do fans of other products speak of attending the Windows 7 release? Maybe the Ubuntu community plans on handing out Installation CDs. Do ironic tshirts explode when a critical mass is reached?
Maybe the “quid” of the subject is: Is not a matter of “what is the best”, or “I am a fanatic of this”, or “the other stuff I do not use is crap”.
In my experience (using, offering, selling, installing and managing IT stuff since 1987), an Operative System is only an interface between the man or the applications and the hardware. No a thing more or les.
To get a flag and to “tell the word of the lord” about a brand or a particular product, is not a good way to use or teach anything.
Do you decide to use something? The first reason should be “because is the most switeable option fot me”, and never “because is the most fancy” or “because I am afraid about what the others will think about me”.
In my case, after all the hard facts about the very bad quality of one brand, I decide to use another option. If someone ask me why, I only answer with the facts of my experience (not rumors or “things that has been bublished in somewhere”) and show the hard facts of the product.
Maybe we must to ask to ourselfs… Is this the best option to me for the activity I want to realize with my computer?
To be a fanatic of anything is not a good reason or a wise way to be.
With My Very Best Regards
Where are you from? Is it a secret?
Bodyc
I’m from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Would you like to report on how Microsoft is marketing to Latvians?
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