"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."- Bill Gates on the solid code base of Win9X
The Exploder Control Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Uptimes Project: Operating system stats
Yamoo!:
Product Bashing: Windows
Yamoo!:
Product Bashing: Internet Explorer
NT Case Study: Migration Migraines
Microsoft runs NASDAQ
or maybe NOT
Computerworld
rates servers
Washington Post:
Is Your PC Feeling Gravity's Pull? (DLL Hell)
TMF:
User in Y2K compliance hell
Eric Lee Green:
What I Miss When I Use Windows
CNet:
Windows memory issue clogs some Compaq PCs
OSOpinion:
Tal explains why commercial software sucks
The NT Files
00-Feb GCN:
Senior Navy officer has harsh words for Microsoft
00-Feb MSN(!):
Windows 2000's Active Directory not enforcing rights
osOpinion:
The Warped Perspective (can Windows fry hardware?)
osOpinion:
Windows 2000 more stable? Bunk!
Microsoft:
Office 2000 - the ones they fixed
XGN: At least the Easter eggs work
00-Apr TMF:
How Microsoft hurts the consumer
00-Apr Forbes:
Rough Justice For Microsoft
00-May Computerworld:
Analysts: Lockdown Vital to Win 2k Value
00-Jun TechnologyEvaluation:
We Interrupt This Column... (Kevin Tolly loses it)
00-Jun ZDNet:
NT To Win2000: Worth The Pain?
BMS:
Microsoft's Dirty Little Secret
The vote is in: Windows 98 is a dog. The operating system that crashed hard on Bill Gates in a demonstration broadcast around the world only weeks ago wasn't so much released as it escaped.
63,000 bugs? (Windows 2000)
00-Feb ZDNet:
Coffee: Win2k rollout asks 63,000 bug question
00-Feb Microsoft:
An Open Letter to Microsoft Customers on Windows 2000
00-Feb ZDNet:
Foley comes back
00-Jul CNet:
Norton Antivirus users find bug in Windows 2000 version
00-Jul CNet:
Multimedia software glitch pains Windows
00-Dec Wired:
Hotmail: You Get What You Pay For
Gartner sees bumpy road toward .NET
Analysts speaking at Gartner's annual Windows conference extinguished much of the hype surrounding what they called a "remarkably confusing" marketing blitz around .NET, a broad project through which Microsoft hopes to provide tools, software, and services that will help turn the Internet into a giant network for delivering applications and services to all kinds of devices from PCs to cell phones.
Microsoft, for example, plans to severely limit the quality of music that can be recorded as an MP3 file using software built into the next version of its personal-computer operating system, Windows XP. But music recorded in the Redmond, Wash., software company's own format, called Windows Media Audio, will sound clearer and require far less storage space on a computer.
Doublespeak on quality:
95-Oct FOCUS:
Microsoft Code Has No Bugs (that Microsoft cares about)
Gleick: Microspeak: A Bug By Any Other Name
Microsoft Spin Dictionary
The Register:
Microsoft fudges Win2K speed trials
00-Feb Kuro5hin:
Microsoft and the Dreaded Syn-scan
Trained monkeys (certification churn and other hazards)
Most of the problems appear to be related to Microsoft's Windows NT, while Russian-made software seems to
be more reliable.
What was most worrisome for analysts and others is that Smart Tags tie Web content exclusively to
Microsoft software, in this case Office XP and Windows XP, according to Chris LeTocq, an analyst with
Guernsey Research.
The MSN Messenger outage "shows that Microsoft has some work to do before they're ready for large volumes
of critical traffic," said Gartner analyst Michael Silver. "This doesn't exactly look good for .Net.
00-Apr ZDNet:
The MCSE Blues
00-May Computerworld:
Users upset at new rules for windows certification
00-Jul OSOpinion:
Will Linux be the Bridge that Unites Us?
The Great DNS Crash of 2001
Internet News:
Microsoft's .Net Campaign Likely Finished
01-Apr Wired:
Houston, Windows Has Problems
The space station, which has been operational for less than five months, experiences almost daily computer
glitches, according to the commander's log recently published on the Web.
01-Jun CNet:
Microsoft clips Windows XP Smart Tags
Critics accused the company of reverting to old tactics by loading Windows XP with features such as Smart
Tags, which gives Microsoft some greater control over consumers' Internet use. Windows is the operating
system on roughly 92 percent of all personal computers around the world.
01-Jul CNet:
MSN users frustrated by response to glitch
Microsoft's MSN Messenger outage spilled over into a fourth day, with many users of the free service
complaining about poor communication from the company.
01-Jul CNet:
Can Microsoft weather its HailStorm?
For Microsoft, the outage is a black eye as it puts more emphasis on instant messaging--and network
reliability--as part of its forthcoming .Net software-as-a-service strategy, which includes an ambitious
services plan called HailStorm.
News: MSN Messenger mess enters 7th day
