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That's not because they don't know Windows has backup software.

It's because people are unsure what Time Machine is; many have buttumed it must be like Windows 2003's "Previous Versions" feature, which XP does *not* have.

If Windows had backup with a Time Machine like UI, people would still know it was a backup program, and there would still be confusion about Apple's new product at this point.

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Um. What? What you're claiming here seems to have no relationship to reality. Pretty much everyone (as far as I've...

I'm afraid this is not true. Highly scalable technologies are usually more complex that nonscalable ones.

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It does not do live searches, sadly, but it *does* auto-index everything as soon as its saved. Remember, the Spotlight technology to do that was cribbed from XP. MS had but to put a UI on it.

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Just to add a little more to this... another trend we've seen a lot of recently...

(The UI is substantially similar to Spotlight, by the way; just so you don't think MS never copies anything from Apple!)

MS seems to have trouble getting direction when their compebreastors aren't moving. But they do release products at such times, not "castles in the sky". Consider Clippy. :D

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When MS fails, they fail. But they are very persistant. They are *still* trying to revamp the whole concept of the file system.

I expect they'll pull this one off, someday.

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No, it's not just that. There are many large software projects but agile development has so far been used for the small ones. Perhaps someday these practices will be scaled up enough, but you can bet that MS won't risk *Windows* trying to do that!

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Dan Johnson I'd say that the end user does care when problems start showing up. The Seattle Times had an excellent article on how their PCs started to slow down...

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Well, they certainly take their time, but they do rather dominate the industry, you know.

What's really remarkable is that XP is *still* the best desktop OS overall, even now, 5 years after its release.

During that time Apple has been running flat out to catch up with OS X, and to no small effect too- but XP was so far ahead of everybody else that it still hangs onto its lead for the moment.

It really shows the value of the slow-and-steady development effort that went into XP.

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		In the Shallow End 3071 That's not because they don't know Windows has backup software. It's because people are unsure what Time Machine is; many have buttumed it must be like Windows 2003's "Previous Versions" feature, which XP does not have. If Windows had backup with a Time Machine like UI, people would still know it was a backup program, and there would still be confusion about Apple's new product at this point. snip In the Shallow End 3072 Um. What? What you're claiming here seems to have no relationship to reality. Pretty much everyone (as far as I've... I'm afraid this is not true. Highly scalable technologies are usually more complex that nonscalable ones. snip It does not do live searches, sadly, but it does auto-index everything as soon as its saved. Remember, the Spotlight technology to do that was cribbed from XP. MS had but to put a UI on it. In the Shallow End 3073 Just to add a little more to this... another trend we've seen a lot of recently... (The UI is substantially similar to Spotlight, by the way; just so you don't think MS never copies anything from Apple!) MS seems to have trouble getting direction when their compebreastors aren't moving. But they do release products at such times, not "castles in the sky". Consider Clippy. :D snip When MS fails, they fail. But they are very persistant. They are still trying to revamp the whole concept of the file system. I expect they'll pull this one off, someday. snip No, it's not just that. There are many large software projects but agile development has so far been used for the small ones. Perhaps someday these practices will be scaled up enough, but you can bet that MS won't risk Windows trying to do that! In the Shallow End 3075 Dan Johnson I'd say that the end user does care when problems start showing up. The Seattle Times had an excellent article on how their PCs started to slow down... snip Well, they certainly take their time, but they do rather dominate the industry, you know. What's really remarkable is that XP is still the best desktop OS overall, even now, 5 years after its release. During that time Apple has been running flat out to catch up with OS X, and to no small effect too- but XP was so far ahead of everybody else that it still hangs onto its lead for the moment. It really shows the value of the slow-and-steady development effort that went into XP. List \| Previous \| Next



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