And now we reluctantly leave our investigative series on hot one-on-one live chat and move to more mundane matters, namely Windows Vista. I've been getting a lot of posts and email about MS's craptacular new OS, both pro and con (but mostly con). For example, J. D. reports that about two months ago Federal Express issued a one-line email to all employees saying it would absolutely positively And now we reluctantly leave our investigative series on hot one-on-one live chat and move to more mundane matters, namely Windows Vista. I’ve been getting a lot of posts and email about MS’s craptacular new OS, both pro and con (but mostly con).For example, J. D. reports that about two months ago Federal Express issued a one-line email to all employees saying it would absolutely positively not adopt Vista “until futher notice.” Don’t be be expecting next day service on that upgrade.Cringester P. F., whose firm uses PCs for chemical analysis and 3D molecular modeling, would rather chew on a broken pipette than move to Vista: I can’t deal with stuff that “might” work. …I’m not interested in wasting half my processing and rendering power to have semi-transparent menus. That’s just retarded. I’m not ready to install 4 gigs of ram in machines to get the same performance I would get out of 1 gig if I’m using XP. I don’t want to teach users yet another gui for both the OS and the office application. I simply cannot stand going to OOXML and lose all choice forever. Microsoft says they’re “people ready.” I’m still wondering if I’m Microsoft ready. Reader M. M. lost everything on his Vista-ready Dell box and was forced to reformat. Now he’s mulling the Vista upgrade with trepidation:I now have the free Dell Windows Vista Business upgrade CD staring at me from within its pristine shrink-wrapped packaging. So far I’m winning the stare-down and I refuse to unwrap it, let alone actually install it. I swallow hard and try to ignore it. Yet I sense that it is lurking in the shadows…waiting, perhaps, to install itself at the first opportunity and cause me more undue stress and aggravation… just like it seems to be doing for the rest of the guinea pigs in this test lab we call Earth. All I can say is “oink, oink, my brother” (or whatever sound guinea pigs make).There are of course those who are enthralled with Vista, and they tend to be both uppity and vociferous (check out the comments to my last post on this topic). But I’d estimate sentiment amongst the Cringe crew is running 9 to 1 against. Got thoughts on this or any other topic? Share them below or email them to me here. Cool swag may soon be yours. Software DevelopmentSmall and Medium Business