OT: Windows Vista

[Stéphane Collin]

Hello list.

I did upgrade to Windows Vista.
I must say that I am a new technologies enthusiast, and that I am prone to 
consider more the new functions than the good reasons not to upgrade.  (I 
know, this sounds weird in the mouth of a traditionnalist, which I can seem 
to be for what matters pianos).
Yes, I had to change my graphic card and add some random access memory in 
order to have Vista work properly.  In the process, I also bought a new LCD 
flat screen and a 250 Gb supplementary hard drive.
And yes, I had to implement a multi boot with Windows XP because I work with 
programs that have not yet achieved compatibility with Vista.

End of the story : I now have a thrilling machine with superb graphic 
capabilities, a VERY nice backup system totally integrated in the operating 
system and uppermost easy to use, a very convincing voice recognition system 
which proves to be VERY useful when entering string length and thickness 
into the spreadsheet, and much more interesting features among what superior 
stability and relyability.

Now, this is what never ceased to happen for the 25 years that I am 
concerned with computers.  Next system does more than previous one, but it 
costs a little effort to upgrade.

Indeed, I feel I'm the toy of the big companies making money by digging my 
pocket, but at least, in this case, I made the decision to accept the deal. 
This is not the case when my bank (recently overbought by a larger one) 
forces me to accept it's new conditions.

Isn't this the drawback of our wildly liberal world ?  Private interests 
with no moral control, this is something that US tought the rest of the 
world.  Everybody is following this way of life with few options to resist, 
because this is what proved to work for now, no matter what I think about 
it.

Ok, Microsoft stinks, but, so do all profit organizations, and we'd better 
get used to the smell.  I hate to say this.


Best regards,

Stéphane Collin.