Comments on: Microsoft's Vision of the Future–and the Inevitable Spoof http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090814/microsofts-vision-of-the-future-and-the-inevitable-spoof/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Per Dennis http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090814/microsofts-vision-of-the-future-and-the-inevitable-spoof/#comment-15740 Per Dennis Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:41:13 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=17591#comment-15740 @John Turner Looking at MS past (surprisingly similar) commercials about how they are building the future and that its just around the corner and comparing with where they really are today, makes the spoof very valid. And, in all honesty, Johnny Chung Lee just recently started at MS and almost all the things he presented on that seminar was done at other companies and research labs of various universities totally independently of MS... not much by MS at all... But kudos to them for at least employing him... maybe they actually _will_ do something thanks to that. But here is an old Windows add you simply _cant_ spoof... :D Just sit back and enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk @ Fred Hamranhansenhansen Amen to that! Very well put!! @John Turner
Looking at MS past (surprisingly similar) commercials about how they are building the future and that its just around the corner and comparing with where they really are today, makes the spoof very valid.
And, in all honesty, Johnny Chung Lee just recently started at MS and almost all the things he presented on that seminar was done at other companies and research labs of various universities totally independently of MS… not much by MS at all… But kudos to them for at least employing him… maybe they actually _will_ do something thanks to that.

But here is an old Windows add you simply _cant_ spoof… :D Just sit back and enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk

@ Fred Hamranhansenhansen
Amen to that! Very well put!!

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]]> By: Fred Hamranhansenhansen http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090814/microsofts-vision-of-the-future-and-the-inevitable-spoof/#comment-15723 Fred Hamranhansenhansen Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:29:26 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=17591#comment-15723 The problem is that when Microsoft describes their vision of the future it's like talking to a drunk about all the stuff he's going to do someday. No matter how interesting it sounds, the fact that you already know it's not going to happen takes all the fun out of it. What I would like to know is: where is Microsoft's vision for today? When you boot up Windows XP it says (c) 1985-2001 and that is still what's being sold today. That is 20th century computing. Only 20% of Windows systems have Vista and neither Vista or Windows 7 can update a Windows XP machine in-place. These systems have to be wiped, all the app installations destroyed, and essentially rebuilt. That is so much work that it's not happening. Even when people get new machines they get a new one with XP. When you use MS Office that is even older, from 1984. The same 1980's Mac office workflow for laser printer (which Apple invented) is what Microsoft will still sell you today, when the Web is about to turn 20. File, Save, Print, but no Publish (to Web), no Collaborate (with any other user). None of their other products make any money or ship any significant units. For example, the iPod touch (which is self-supporting) outsells the XBox (which loses billions of dollars per year). So I would recommend to the people at Microsoft who make these videos that they stop doing these and start thinking about how to upgrade all the XP machines to something that doesn't spawn botnets that use up half the Internet's traffic and cost everyone billions of dollars, even if you don't use Microsoft products. XP is like a tire fire and Microsoft pretends it is someone else's problem. Microsoft spends something like 10 times as much of their resources on R&D than Apple. Microsoft Research may be proud of that, but they shouldn't be. Look at the products they ship! Microsoft Research is like Military Intelligence. The problem is that when Microsoft describes their vision of the future it’s like talking to a drunk about all the stuff he’s going to do someday. No matter how interesting it sounds, the fact that you already know it’s not going to happen takes all the fun out of it.

What I would like to know is: where is Microsoft’s vision for today?

When you boot up Windows XP it says (c) 1985-2001 and that is still what’s being sold today. That is 20th century computing. Only 20% of Windows systems have Vista and neither Vista or Windows 7 can update a Windows XP machine in-place. These systems have to be wiped, all the app installations destroyed, and essentially rebuilt. That is so much work that it’s not happening. Even when people get new machines they get a new one with XP.

When you use MS Office that is even older, from 1984. The same 1980′s Mac office workflow for laser printer (which Apple invented) is what Microsoft will still sell you today, when the Web is about to turn 20. File, Save, Print, but no Publish (to Web), no Collaborate (with any other user).

None of their other products make any money or ship any significant units. For example, the iPod touch (which is self-supporting) outsells the XBox (which loses billions of dollars per year).

So I would recommend to the people at Microsoft who make these videos that they stop doing these and start thinking about how to upgrade all the XP machines to something that doesn’t spawn botnets that use up half the Internet’s traffic and cost everyone billions of dollars, even if you don’t use Microsoft products. XP is like a tire fire and Microsoft pretends it is someone else’s problem.

Microsoft spends something like 10 times as much of their resources on R&D than Apple. Microsoft Research may be proud of that, but they shouldn’t be. Look at the products they ship! Microsoft Research is like Military Intelligence.

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]]> By: John Turner http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090814/microsofts-vision-of-the-future-and-the-inevitable-spoof/#comment-15713 John Turner Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:52:57 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=17591#comment-15713 Here's something a tiny bit more interesting that a spoof :) Microsoft’s Research into Interface Technology : http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2009/08/14/microsofts-research-into-interface-technology/ Here’s something a tiny bit more interesting that a spoof :)
Microsoft’s Research into Interface Technology :
http://www.mobiletechworld.com.....echnology/

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