Not even Wednesday yet...

[altivo]

Long, cold day. The library revolt is almost a certain success now, just one or two more big meetings to get through. One of those is tomorrow. The boss gets cold feet and starts to hyperventilate and we have to reassure her that she's made a good decision (which she has, just six months too late, which is the cause of the fear now.)

Really cold here. Arctic chill. Woodstove going full tilt, and the woodpile is starting to look skimpy. Probably we'll order another cord of wood, and that will be the cue for the weather to warm up for good.

Looks like Microsoft is shooting itself in the foot good with Vista. Having read about its behavior by design, I can't imagine why anyone would saddle themselves with it. Microsoft seems to be getting cold feet now too. They started work on the first service pack even before releasing the OS. And they've extended the support period for XP significantly beyond the normal two years after the next version policy. I think they realize that a lot of people are not going to see any advantage in moving to Vista. It looks like a crucial error to me, and one that would be difficult to back out of as well.

Off to my spinning cuz I can do that near the stove. And then to bed, where it's warm; especially when two dogs and three cats pile on top of the blankets.

Comments

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

The stand off between corporations and consumers is as old as time itself. The question in this case is, who will throw their toys out of the pram first?

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Consumers are notoriously slow to react, even when they are obviously being treated as lemmings. There seem to be an amazing number of machines that still run ME, for instance. Corporations know this, and don't hesitate to take advantage of it for their own greedy ends.