Windows 7 Class Action
Posted by Windows7ClassAction on January 7, 2009
I overslept this morning and after dropping my son off at school in a driving cold rain I hit Dunkin Donuts and returned home fortified with sugar and caffeine. Roused from my stupor by my guilty pleasures I began browsing my email when a ZDnet article grabbed my attention: Why Windows 7 Should Be Free. I admit I’m sometimes a sucker for hyperventilating blog titles, but the logic was immediately apparent to me and I raced through the article as sugar, caffeine, a brilliant idea, and the sweet smell of revenge coalesced into a sudden desire to DO something. “I’m mad as “H – E – double L and I’m not gonna take it any more”, I said to myself.
Within seconds my fingers were typing GoDaddy and before I knew what happened I had purchased http://www.windows7classaction.com, .net, .info, .org, and .mobl. My orgy with the GoDaddy girl had cost me $33. If I should ever stand before a court of law for my actions it will undoubtedly be defined as a “crime of passion”. My wife, in contrast, simply labeled it “idiotic”.
But enough about me. “Why should Windows 7 Be Free?”, you ask. Well, if you have had the misfortune of buying Vista in the past three years (especially pre-Sp1) you should already understand by now that Vista is a verifiable klunker. Windows Vista is the worst upgrade from Microsoft since “ME”. Even Microsoft realizes this.
But don’t take my word for it. Here is what Steve Ballmer said about Windows 7 -
“it’s Windows Vista, a lot better”
Still not convinced that the Big Cheese at MS agrees with me? Ok, he also said the following…
“Windows Vista is good, Windows 7 is Windows Vista with clean-up in user interface [and] improvements in performance”
While I’m glad to hear that Ballmer expects Windows 7 to improve on Vista’s performance, that isn’t exactly setting a very high bar considering the fact that XP still routinely out-performs Vista.
So this begs the question… if Vista is a lemon that Windows 7 “makes lemonade with” why are Microsoft’s faithful customers being forced to buy what we should have had three years ago? Back in the day the Philadelphia 76ers launched a campaign for Philly fans, “We owe you one, we owe you 1!”. Finally Moses Malone and Dr. J delivered on that promise - late, but better late than never. So I respectfully submit to Microsoft and Ballmer – “You Owe Us One”. How about selling me Windows 7 for ONE DOLLAR? Am I Don Quixote for the new millennium? Perhaps. But maybe if enough people join me we can wake up Ballmer and Microsoft before it is too late. Trust me Steve. I really don’t like Vista. Really.
A Mac is looking better to me everyday. Please send flowers before it is too late.
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