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Microsoft's Athens PC
OneLeg noted that the Seattle Times has a story on Microsoft deciding to partner up with HP and
work on new PCs with a simpler, more controlled architecture. Including things like integrated telephony into the PCs, and in general, being a bit more Maclike and locking Linux out of the desktop market.
Bill Gates is in league with the Greeks! Kill them all!
What a sure way to NOT do well. HPs suck ass MS, sooner you get that, the sooner we'll be HALF way better.
I hope microsoft buries linux on the desktop. Linux is un-American. Al-Qaeda uses linux
Microsoft will never be defeated. Linux will always be a niche player. The average person will never care about linux except for only the sicko linux fags.
Microsoft acts more like the tyrants in Persia.
"The Athens PC has a built-in telephone linked to Microsoft's productivity applications. When the hardware receives an incoming call, the software automatically pulls up the caller's contact information and photo if the data are stored on the system."
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This is already on MacOSX (as usual ?).
You need to own a supported phone (there is not much for now as it's pretty new, only a few nokias and Sony Ericson phones) which works over bluetooth - but this is a really pleasant feature.
One of the reasons Mac have so few problems compared to MS is that hardware is often controled by Apple - which help them to have a stable os (BSD helps them even more here though - but I doubt MS will copy that anytime soon)
Moreover, it's a good time for them to do a such move, I don't see the bush administration push for another antitrust trial there - they have to do all their nasty stuffs before the next US elections
Fortunately we have someone very ambitious, with lots of money, and a distaste for Microsoft on OUR side: Micheal Robertson.
that gets modded to 5...
will get a visit from the goatse man.
fuckers.
I for one am glad to see Microsoft move into the PC hardware field. Now maybe we can focus on establishing a synergy between hardware and software without having to worry about interference from fringe groups.
Interesting how Slashdot has become infested with Microsoft apologists these days.
Need I remind you that Microsoft was found, in a court of law, to have ABUSED THEIR MONOPOLY? Let me say that again, since your troll-ish ears are obviously too small: MICROSOFT ABUSED THEIR MONOPOLY. THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW. They lied to the judge, they presented fabricated evidence. THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY. Got that? It's not urban legend, it's not a "slashdot conspiracy". It's fact, go look it up for yourself. That Microsoft received less than a slap on the wrist isn't the issue here--they were found GUILTY.
"our" fears of what Microsoft is capable of come from very diverse sources. From Netscape, frozen from the desktop by Microsoft's exclusive positioning of IE. From Stacker, who had their technology stolen by the ABUSIVE MONOPOLY. We've heard the corroborated stories about Microsoft's bootloader shennanigans that made it impossible for alternative OS's like BeOS to even have a chance of being pre-loaded. The list goes on and on. And it wasn't invented by Slashdot.
Tell me, does having the truth in your face hurt? Does that little Borg icon offend you because oh, I don't know...it's TRUE?
But don't let the truth stop you from your kneejerk defence of an abusive monopoly.
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Insightful? This is yet another anti-American troll from the standard Eurotrash.
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