Ambimama - India

First there was bad command or filename during DOS days. Then lot of warnings and messages. Most of them related to low memory, virus attacks and bugs in the operating system and applications.

The robust hardware and abundant ram came next. And more GUI based applications. For some time I was happy with 98 and then XP. But what with Internet, worm attacks and spyware XP really could not help me.

I am happy with Vista as it is really stable. But it took some time for me to get tuned with Vista which is really user friendly.
But I feel I have lost control over the operating system, its secrets and working. I forgot editing for example a win.ini, registry or virtual memory settings. It was more thrilling to edit config.sys and autoexec.bat! Slowly the technology has moved away to the back or away from the common man to the experts. The users can concentrate on using and developing applications or just browsing.

Now with New Windows 7 to be launched for testing in 2009, there will be very few alerts and warnings! I really feel totally unsafe and unprotected. Sure I can do better things but I have to depend on Microsoft for ever with fewer GUIs competing.
Technology monopoly will remain a power of American companies though they may suffer now from an economic setback. But I can have some peace of mind from fewer system problems and can concentrate on more earning and entertaining options.

I had control of my health and body unto my middle age. But recently I have to depend on expert medical advice! Its all Global.