Microsoft's "Mojave Experiment"
Experiment?
It's a cleverly contrived promotion to convince people who have not tried Vista — but who have heard uncomplimentary things about it — that it's really quite a wonderful and user-friendly program.
I think it's pretty sad that Microsoft has to resort to a devious ploy that doesn't allow the interviewees to touch the computers, but just has them watch while an experienced company spokesperson does all the keyboarding and mousing. I don't remember Microsoft doing anything like this when they replaced Windows 3.11 with Windows 95, or any other subsequent upgrades of Windows.
Am I the only one who finds it odd that Microsoft has to try so hard to convince Vista users that they should like something they don't like? (I've only heard from one Vista user so far who says he likes the program.)
I'm guessing that Vista is going to end up being one of the best things that ever happened to Macintosh.
© - Donald Ray Edrington — All Rights Reserved
PS: I now hear that Microsoft will be paying Jerry Seinfeld ten million dollars to do some TV spots on behalf of Vista. How many people do we need telling us we are supposed to like this product?
Some critics are saying that Microsoft will be paying a "yesterday's comedian" to promote what is being called a "yesterday's operating system."
|
On Becoming a Newspaper Columnist
I've been writing articles about computers since 1980 and have been doing newspaper columns since 1994.
My credentials?
Well, academically, none. I bought a desktop computer in 1977 (the Radio Shack TRS80 Model 1) and have been staying up nights experimenting with PCs ever since.
In those days the small San Diego County town I lived in, Fallbrook, had a weekly newspaper called The Enterprise, and I began submitting stories of local interest just for the fun of it. There was no pay -- I did it because I enjoyed writing and because I liked the town.
One week I wrote about a local computer club I'd recently started, and the editor said the article got more response than just about anything that had ever appeared in the paper. She then asked if I would like to write a weekly column on computers. I said yes, I'd love to (even though I would still not be paid for it).
Well, The Enterprise was eventually bought by a local newspaper chain, whose flagship was the North County Times, based in Escondido. The new owners liked my columns and offered to pay me to keep writing them. How could I refuse?
Getting paid to write a newspaper column was something I had never imagined in my wildest dreams.
|
Don's Stories about
Growing Up in WW2 Hollywood...
|
|
More Swing Era Music
