OS Wars

[Grim]

Vista sucks. MS was forced to extend support for XP because several people are still buying XP rather than Vista. And with Service Pack 3 in the works for XP, things are looking good for those that don't want to upgrade to Vista yet.

Leopard is looking good but I here there's a lot of compatibility issues right now. Well that's to be expected with every new OS.

I hear that more than one in every 6 laptops sold in the US have been Macs. That's an excellent figure. However, MS still dominates corporate networks.

Oh yeah, totally forgot about Service Pack 3. Of course, that's only a temporary hold-off from what MS plans to do: make everyone buy their bloated OS, sooner or later. They're like a shark, gobbling almost every PC user in sight.

But yes, for businesses who are looking for robust solutions and portability/compatibility within their systems, it makes sense to purchase a license for software for which there is professional support. Who'd do so otherwise, anyway? Macs on the other hand have always taken the different route. Even their old slogan (the "Think differently." ones) say so. They package themselves to appeal to those craving to be perceived as different and possibly elite from the crowd.

In the end though, it's all just software. Each one will copy certain things from the other and each one will innovate in its own way.