On Operating Systems

Everyone seems to be excited about Vista.  I’m not. 

I brought my Mac Mini into school yesterday and I introduced it.  At the same time, I gave every class a short “lecture” on my opinion of operating systems.

Here’s it is for the readers.

I can only think of four operating systems I’ve liked.  Novell 3.11, the Novell that is currently running on the server, I think 5.6, but don’t quote me on it, Windows 98 SP 2, and Windows XP SP 2.

So what do the 4 operating systems have in common?  Other than the fact, that most of the time they work, they aren’t a X.0 version.  I hate X.0 versions of all software, they never work.

Software is exactly like pharmaticuals.  You have no clue what they are going to do and if they are going to work until they are out in the wild.  SP1 and SP2 are direct results of all the bugs found out in the wild.

So me, I’m waiting for Vista SP 2, or even 1.  If I have to buy a new computer, yeah, I’ll get stuck with it until they fix it.  In the meantime, I’ll run Windows XP SP2.

And why don’t I like Linux, even though it’s free?  It’s a PITA to set up.  Operating systems should be no-brainers, in fact ALL software should be no-brainers.  It should just work.