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Is Windows Worth $45?
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?"
What kind of an open-ended frag-fest are you trying to start here?
Here's a synopsis of the next 900 posts:
One: Windoze suX0r!
Two: Windows Rulez! Linux Sux!
Three: Uh, well no. It has its own....
One: Windoze Sux!!!
Three: Um, guys...
One and Two: SHUT UP!!
Those bastards should be paying ME for unsing it !
Why does the cantor diagonalization argument fail when proving that all rationals are uncountable? I know this has nothing to do with windows but I would like to know. Thanks
I believe once Bill G said that "we'd rather have them pirate our stuff than someone else's" (it was a LONG while ago).
Their stock price (and general public perception of them) depends heavily on market dominance. Whether they got that dominance via selling their product or someone installing 1000 illegal copies, the perception is the same: most computers run Windows.
Now, I'm sure they don't publicize this, and will actually go after someone for installing 1000 illegal copies of Windows (eventhough it's actually `good for them' that the person didn't install 1000 copies of Linux).
"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy