Windows 7 is proof-positive that Microsoft (eventually?) manages to get its operating system ducks in a row! Unfortunately the run up to perfection means users must suffer the various feature delivery mis-steps that seem governed by marketing needs to release at least one software version every year.

As a user of both Linux and Windows systems I can personally testify that Linux too rarely gets it right the first time for any version. This quarter I have been trying to work with Ubuntu 8.10 and its 9.04 Beta versions. Unfortunately both feature a buggy network manager applet that loses all custom More >