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http://blogs.computerworld.com/microsoft_exec_we_know_users_hate_uac
Here's one of the more intriguing tidbits in the hundreds of pages of emails
released as part of the Vista "junk PC" lawsuit: A Microsoft exec freely
admits that users are so annoyed with User Account Control (UAC), that
they're turning it off en masse.
The recently unsealed Microsoft emails are part of the lawsuit against
Microsoft for a marketing scheme in which people claim that Microsoft misled
consumers into buying the Windows Vista Capable PCs, even though the PCs
couldn't run the most important features of Vista.
John Kalkman, who admitted in one of the emails that Microsoft launched the
Vista Capable PC scheme in order to help Intel meet its quarterly earnings,
had this to say about UAC in a February, 2007 email:
Biggest thing I'm worried about [concerning Vista uptake] is UAC (user
access control). It looks like more and more people are turning off (based
on advice from websites) for easier friction free use.
By the way, notice that even Microsoft execs can't remember the proper name
of this feature -- it's user account control, not user access control.
It's nice that Microsoft execs know people hate UAC. But nicer still would
be if they would fix it.
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What people are REALLY saying about Vista:
http://www.microsplot.com/news/2007..._people_are_really_saying_about_windows_vista
50 Ways to leave your Vista....
CHORUS:
You just format the drive , Clive
Get a New Mac , Jack
Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Boot from a *nix, Jix
You don't need to discuss much
Install XP, Lee
And get yourself free
Here's one of the more intriguing tidbits in the hundreds of pages of emails
released as part of the Vista "junk PC" lawsuit: A Microsoft exec freely
admits that users are so annoyed with User Account Control (UAC), that
they're turning it off en masse.
The recently unsealed Microsoft emails are part of the lawsuit against
Microsoft for a marketing scheme in which people claim that Microsoft misled
consumers into buying the Windows Vista Capable PCs, even though the PCs
couldn't run the most important features of Vista.
John Kalkman, who admitted in one of the emails that Microsoft launched the
Vista Capable PC scheme in order to help Intel meet its quarterly earnings,
had this to say about UAC in a February, 2007 email:
Biggest thing I'm worried about [concerning Vista uptake] is UAC (user
access control). It looks like more and more people are turning off (based
on advice from websites) for easier friction free use.
By the way, notice that even Microsoft execs can't remember the proper name
of this feature -- it's user account control, not user access control.
It's nice that Microsoft execs know people hate UAC. But nicer still would
be if they would fix it.
--
What people are REALLY saying about Vista:
http://www.microsplot.com/news/2007..._people_are_really_saying_about_windows_vista
50 Ways to leave your Vista....
CHORUS:
You just format the drive , Clive
Get a New Mac , Jack
Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Boot from a *nix, Jix
You don't need to discuss much
Install XP, Lee
And get yourself free