Well, I saw the adverts from the Japanese company and I was rather annoyed.
Yahoo puts them on their site.
Do not worry, Microsoft has no reason for being scared either of the new
Japanese OS or the new Google Chrome OS.
Linux developers also do not have reasons to be scared or too impressed by
these OSes.
Unfortunately Windows will be still present for lots of time on the majority
of PCs and unfortunately Windows XP is the best one. I tested 7, it is
interesting, it is quite beautiful but I would not recommend it for everyday
work. It is too resource-hungry and you may get surprises when trying to run
some old software. Other, good surprises were that I could install my sound
drivers, proprietary software like Office 2000, Office 2003, open-source
software like Open Office, Mplayer, Pidgin, VLC Player and lots of others.
Indeed, Windows 7 boots up rather slowly as compared to XP (about 2 minutes, I
think) but there are lots of fast-booting alternatives that can be used at any
time. Microsoft would be wise to sell XP again or something similar or make
Windows really secure, which is something that will not happen very soon, if at
all.
For Windows 7 users I would recommend dual booting with XP or Windows 2000 and
for Linux users i would recommend Ubuntu or an Ubuntu-based one and to carry
some live CDs like Puppy, NimbleX or Slax and Knoppix (these three should be
compulsory subject in school). Ubuntu should be compulsory subject in school,
also, in Romania at least.
By the way, I think Windows 7 and XP will not get blown away, Vista most
probably will.