Life without walls – Life without Windows!
All over North Austin, the new Microsoft “Life without walls” billboards have popped up. You may have read before in my blog what an awful experience I have had with Vista, clearly one of the worst experience I’ve ever had with a piece of software. I even went so far as to by a MacBook Pro last year and absolutely love it!
Still there is this issue with the Vista laptop on my desk at work. Its on my desk because that is the only place it consistenly works. Mobility is not something you want to experience with Vista. Unreliable wireless and endless frustration with VPN make it just not worth the pain.
So I was inspired by Microsoft’s billboards this weekend. Life without walls to me means Life without Windows. I’m going to see if it is possible, in a business world ruled by the Microsoft Exchange Server. This insidious strategy is definitely to be admired. The truth is that most businesses run on Exchange for their email and calendaring solution.
So, this is my inspiration from the Microsoft sloganeering – I am going to see what it will take to have a life without windows. within 30days, I hope to be completely switched over from Vista to Ubuntu linux. 
Can it be done? Its not a slam dunk – surely there will be challenges.  More to come on these pages…