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Originally Posted by sianon
I suspect E-readers are at the 8 track cartridge systems phase, this is what was in place prior to cassette decks in cars. A fairly primitive system that worked relatively well. Yes Yes I know I am a dinosaur to remember these.
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I remember MS-DOS 2.0, MS-DOS 4.0, MS Bob, Windows 3.0 and ME, and now Vista. All dogs which were rapidly replaced (well, except for Bob which was just scrapped) 'cause M$ knew they were dogs.
The analogy has spread beyond M$ to to the rest of the industry, but still holds.
With smartphones, I'd say we are about where NT was replaced by Windows 2000. There's nowhere to go but up folks! But there will be Vistas along the way. And don't forget the hardware! In order to truly upgrade an OS you have to have the hardware to run it.
I think the current Vista -> Windows 7 fiasco was excellent, if unintended, strategy. Vista forced everyone to upgrade hardware, then backed off on the hardware requirements with Win7. Worked for me!