{"id":5605,"date":"2014-05-23T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=5605"},"modified":"2014-05-23T10:00:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T14:00:32","slug":"dailytech-forget-windows-xp-says-game-of-thrones-author-dos-is-the-best-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2014\/05\/23\/dailytech-forget-windows-xp-says-game-of-thrones-author-dos-is-the-best-os\/","title":{"rendered":"DailyTech – Forget Windows XP, Says Game of Thrones Author, DOS is the Best OS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows 8 may not excite some, but Mr. Martin makes a compelling case why even Windows XP may be unattractive<\/p>\n

Windows 8 is proving to be a release much like Windows Vista for Microsoft Corp. (MSFT). Sales have been good, but not great, and the internet has been filled with hate. Lambasted by internet critics, Windows 8 has failed to push Microsoft’s user base away Windows XP.<\/p>\n

I. A Game of DOS<\/p>\n

The argument made by many is that Microsoft\u2019s previous operating systems — Windows XP, or more recently Windows 7 \u2013 were considered the pinnacle of OS design. And those critics complain that the choices Microsoft made in its new operating system(s) was (or were) mistakes that regressed the utility of the product.<\/p>\n

Author George RR Martin — perhaps the most prominent living master of fantasy fiction — has offered up an intriguing set of views on this OS debate. And while his views are a bit outside the mainstream, it’s interesting to see how they echo the opinions voiced by Windows Vista and Windows 8’s detractors, including the Windows XP-for-life crowd.<\/p>\n

\"DailyTech<\/a><\/p>\n

George RR Martin is a king of fantasy fiction. [Image Source: Nancy Newberry]<\/p>\n

Fellow writers closely scrutinize Mr. Martin largely because he’s ascended to both commercial and critical acclaim with his seven-book saga A Song of Fire and Ice. Adapted into cable TV’s most pirated and perhaps hottest series — Game of Thrones — the storyline is currently in its home stretch on the book front, with Mr. Martin working on the final two novels.<\/p>\n

Full Story: DailyTech – Forget Windows XP, Says Game of Thrones Author, DOS is the Best OS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Windows 8 may not excite some, but Mr. Martin makes a compelling case why even Windows XP may be unattractive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[302,403],"class_list":["post-5605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software","tag-dos","tag-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-1sp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8744,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/11\/11\/8744\/","url_meta":{"origin":5605,"position":0},"title":"Chrome to drop support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and older Mac OS X versions in 2016","author":"NCCT","date":"November 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"By Ian Ginos | Neowin Google Chrome, by some estimates the world's third most popular desktop web browser, will cease to support older versions of Microsoft's Windows and Apple's OS X operating systems. 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