I know it’s not a fair comparison because WordPress was created a smallish group of young developers while Microsoft tossed an army of developers at Vista, not to mentioned a multi-million dollar ad campaign.
But I don’t care. Here we go!
WordPress is easy to install. Vista requires a ton of patience, many driver downloads and a speedy machine before you can do much of anything.
WordPress was designed with the end user in mind. Vista was designed so that it wouldn’t piss off the MPAA and RIAA.
WordPress has two versions. One you install yourself and a hosted version, both of which work. Vista comes in six confusing editions and you’d better choose carefully or be prepared to open your wallet a little wider.
WordPress doesn’t treat me like a first time computer user. Vista includes the annoying User Account Control.
WordPress has many useful plug-ins that add advanced functionality. Vista includes several dozen memory hogging widgets.
WordPress presents its features and then gets out of the way. Vista constantly reminds you that you’re not doing things the way Microsoft wants you to do them.
WordPress is fast and a joy to run. Vista is a sluggish, buggy and depressing piece of software.
In short, WordPress makes me feel smarter than I am. Vista makes me feel stupid.
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