Top 5 “What the heck” IT Related Stuffs (Windows Vista, etc)

Here’s a list of IT related stuff that I find ridiculous:

1. Windows “Start”: In the new Windows Vista, the start button no longer has the word “start”, and this is good, because it certainly did not make sense to “shut down” the computer by first clicking “start”.
2. Software “Academic” prices: Some good softwares out there really cost a bomb. Now then,  they’ve identified this, and lo and behold! A much more economically student friendly, academic version! How much? $150… how affordable for the student. And they’re still complaning on piracy? …
3. The Qwerty keyboard. What the heck.
4. The way some software companies name their products. Thank goodness “Longhorn” didn’t catch on.
5. The fact that you’re “still alive” (blogs, email accounts, friendster, etc) even though you may be dead. And who the heck is going to delete those accounts when you’ve passed on, when they need your log-in and passwords?

Well, there’s also that issue of activating task manager using ctrl-alt-delete (what kind of a finger friendly “shortcut” is that) . Soon you’ll be using shortcuts that look something like “Tab+caps+space+enter+mouse(shake).”