I’m incredibly impressed by the new Microsoft R2 releases.<\/p>\n
For those of you that haven’t heard (a year long vacation?), R2 is a new concept being championed by Microsoft wherein a series of huge and important updates, new features, and practically new software ships in.<\/p>\n
I fortunately had the oppurtunity to be in the R2 Beta for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Server, and here are my thoughts, more or less in the order they occurred:<\/p>\n
I mean, its true, Microsoft could have easily released this as a new OS, and every big corporation likes to keep up to date with server technology, after all, it is<\/em> the core of the network. Microsoft is due to release Vista within a year (or so they say), and with it comes a new Server OS. So WHY???<\/p>\n I mean, everyone has been asking why Microsoft is releasing all of these supposed Vista-Only features to XP, but they are all coming individually as far as I can tell. R2 is packed to the brim (of the CD ;) with features that replace 2rd party softtware, save companies money, and make MS proud. Just now I am talking about the new backup system in R2.. I have used it, and it is absoloutely invaluable.<\/p>\n This all makes a man (or a robot, I guess) wonder, where is MS taking this? The obvious answer is what those happy-go-lucky liberals have been shouting all along “Microsoft is going Shareware!”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For some reason however I doubt it. At any rate, any claim that Windows is going to be an “Ad-Supported” OS is bull. But one cannot deny that the new “trial” versions of Windows for Server 2003 and XP x64 sure does look like it. But as far as subscription based software, I cannot see any other way around it.<\/p>\n Microsoft is working on Vista, the epitome of programming, ease-of-use, and power, all in one package. Once a thing is so refined, all you can do is make it better, but not replace it. It wil be hard to convince people to leave Vista. While people are<\/strong> saying that about XP now, it was obvious from the very beginning that XP was the beginning of a revolution, but by no means the end. But Vista is different.<\/p>\n I really liked R2, I liked it more than a new OS as well, because it was a gesture of better things to come, a free upgrade, and most importantly: hassle-free.<\/p>\n I would not mind paying sixty dollars a year for Windows, and?I would actually prefer it to $200 every three or four years, not because $200 is too much (its one time fee guys!) but because it means I have to wait the three or four years for new technology. Its why I stopped using Internet Explorer 6, its why?I stopped liking XP as much: it does not evolve. Hopefully R2 means that this cycle is over, that we can come to expect constantly updated and upgraded code….<\/p>\n If only!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m incredibly impressed by the new Microsoft R2 releases. For those of you that haven’t heard (a year long vacation?), R2 is a new concept being championed by Microsoft wherein a series of huge and important updates, new features, and … Continue reading