Windows Vista Impressions
Microsoft Monitor takes a first look at Windows Vista:
I like Apple's approach of offering one desktop OS, for consumers, small businesses or enterprises. And I would like to see more simplicity from Microsoft. But Apple exists in a competitive market. Microsoft competes against itself. Differentiation typically drives competition, hence the number of toothpaste varieties. But Windows isn't toothpaste, because one product essentially owns the market. I don't believe that you can sell Windows the same way as toothpaste, by trying to artificially create differentiation where it doesn't organically exist.