I have held this theory for a while and wanted to document it. I have noticed over the years that after a particular technology that Microsoft releases "catches on", the 4th generation of it becomes a horrid piece of trash. Here are my examples:
1. MS-DOS 1.x - Tremendously caught on - started the whole PC Revolution. MS DOS 4.x was the worst version of MS-DOS EVER. Version 5.x and 6.x were major improvements and brought things back under control.
2. Windows 3.x - Windows finally catches on. The following releases of the technology were (#2) Windows 95, (#3) Windows 98/98SE, (#4) Windows ME. I don't think too many people will argue with me that Windows ME was the worst.
3. Windows NT Technology - This really did not take off until Windows NT 4 so we will call that #1. The following releases of the technology were (#2) Windows 2000, (#3) Windows XP, (#4) Windows Vista. Need I say more? Look at how horrible Vista is doing.
What is it with Microsoft and the number 4? The only thing I can figure is this: Look what happens when you count to 4 in binary on your fingers - ha ha.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
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