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Is Windows Worth $45?

Posted by timothy on from the systematics dept.

bgelb writes "This article from the Wall Street Journal questions whether Microsoft really innovates enough to justify the enormous amount of money (nearly 10% of the cost of every PC!) it takes from consumers each year. Hard drive and chip makers innovate constantly, but what about Microsoft?"

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  1. Re:ok time to start out with first post trolling by cranos · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ooh look an MP3 player, ooh look a computer device that can talk to the internet? Where is the techonological innovation?

  2. Re:WinXP by Little+Brother · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not sure if this makes me pro-MS or anti, but I refer to Windows XP as their 1.0 version, they finaly have a shipable product. (Now why they've been shipping those pre-alphas as release versions, I'm still not sure)

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  3. Re:Build your own system and you're screwed. by DroopyStonx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's why you don't pay for it download it from usenet instead.

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  4. Re:Who actually pays? by Sprite+Remix · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fucking troll.

  5. what does innovation have to do with value? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    do the makers of aspirin deserve to be paid for the same ol' aspirin people have been taking for years and years and years?

    windows enables users to use their PCs. just because windows hasn't changed much doesn't mean MS doesn't deserve to be paid for it.

    i use windows 2000 .. did i pay for it? .. no .. should i? .. maybe .. will i? .. probably not, since they only sell XP now and i won't touch XP with my wang ..

    BUT, all that is beside the point .. windows is certainly at least worth $45 to the average consumer .. linux isn't ready for the desktop .. hell, linux isn't any Thing ..

    what is windows? .. thats a fairly easy question to answer.

    what is linux? .. thats a lot tougher

  6. Hard work!!! by Duncan3 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hey, it's hard work copying all those new features from Apple... there are so many...

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  7. M$ not innovate? thats bullshit by gareth6889 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    i cant believe people think that. what about activex? and internet explorer? ms outlook?

    i love Microsoft (something that shouldn't be admitted on slashdot apparently). i like the layout (and so do the gnome and kde guys it seems), i love the consistancy, not having dependancy problems and I love the integration.

    Yes, they crush the little people. Yes anti-trust blah blah! WMA sounds good listen to but is shit because I cant listen to it on my bsd box. Ditto activex.

    Credit where credit is due. What has M$ innovated? A hell of a lot more than Linux. Linux can't even get package management to work (with the exception of Debian - Gentoo?). I'm not a opensource hater/microsoft lover! i love freebsd! but it shits me that windows is bagged so much. its not windows 98 people!

    my 2c