Windows XP is Boeing 747
Beside computers, I am a civilian aircrafts kind of fan! Among them, I love Boeing, especially 747 and 737 series. The simply ROCK! Here is an interesting comparison I found while surfing the web and it actually makes sense:
Windows XP was introduced in 2001 and today (Apr 23 2009) nearly eight years later still is going strong in the gaming, corporate and IT world.
The original Boeing 747 was introduced in the early 1960’s and today, almost half a century later the jumbo jet is still going strong!
Very likely Boeing has said it will extend the life of the 747 perhaps up to another 3 decades by introducing the 747-8 variant (the 747-400 is the latest) and in all the 747 will have an operating lifespan of some 75+ years. That is an amazing feat if one considers the rapid pace of accelerated change the aviation community went through in its nascent years from 1903 – 1970’s.
From 1995 to 2001 in this short 6 year period MS introduced operating systems ranging from Windows 95, 98, to Windows ME, 2000 and Windows Xp… Etc
From 2001 – 2007 there was only one major operating system introduced : Vista.
As Desktop PC matured so did the evolution of the OS. Windows XP ‘works’ and like the Boeing 747, users are finding the value of sticking to it.
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In recent years and with the 787 Boeing has introduced new concepts such as “flex wing”, all electric drives /engines (no more bleed, etc), cartoonish engine designs, complete fly-by-optics implementation, and in the ~censored~ it has introduced military “HUD” head-up-displays in commercial airliners, videos cameras/sensors attached to strategic places both external and internal of the airplane to allow pilots a 360 degree fully situational awareness, “touch screen” ~censored~ displays, etc etc etc….
This is going in the direction of Vista, Windows 7 and Flight Simulator X and Office 2007. Microsoft plans to bloat the newest Windows 7 even more so than Vista, plans to increase the DRM, plans to further turn the PC into a dummy locked down console and plans to restrict even more what applications, users and hardware can do. The new operating system will be the paranoid middle man that will get in the way every step of the way.. Already MS PAINT uses the dreaded and much counter intuitive “ribbon interface” from Office 2007. Pretty soon taking some text into notepad and drawing some circles in paint will require a PhD in BS.
What has the world come to? I fully plan to use Windows Xp until after 2012
