Microsoft's 'Vista' makes Top Ten list

Microsoft's new Vista Operating System is #10 on the list of "top 10 terrible tech products" according to Cnet.com:

Any operating system that provokes a campaign for its predecessor's reintroduction deserves to be classed as terrible technology. Any operating system that quietly has a downgrade-to- previous-edition option introduced for PC makers deserves to be classed as terrible technology. Any operating system that takes six years of development but is instantly hated by hordes of PC professionals and enthusiasts deserves to be classed as terrible technology.

Windows Vista conforms to all of the above. Its incompatibility with hardware, its obsessive requirement of human interaction to clear security dialogue box warnings and its abusive use of hated DRM, not to mention its general pointlessness as an upgrade, are just some examples of why this expensive operating system earns the final place in our terrible tech list.

And here's a compilation of quotes from tons of other sources about the Vista disaster.

Congrats, Microsoft, on one-upping yourselves once again. BTW, Cnet also reviewed Apple's 'Leopard' operating system:

Excellent (8.0 out of 10) The bottom line: The grace of Leopard's interface enhancements makes productivity more pleasurable with a Mac, as more than 300 functional and fun features top off this update.

All I can add to that is: "Suck it, Gates!"