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The End is Nigh for XP
SlinkySausage writes "Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite strong ongoing demand for the OS. Analysts and computer makers are wondering if the move is premature given Vista's ongoing performance and compatibility issues. Dell recently said it would reintroduce XP on a range of machines due to customer demand but Microsoft will only allow this until the end of the year."
ever seen the code that comes out of $50/mo indian's? if it compiles, i'll be amazed.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
That's the trade-off... speed. Updating linux is slow, tedious and not very intuitive. With Windows, I can choose which pieces of software that I wish to auto-update or which ones I intend to do manually. Restarts are rare, and everything runs well.
With its current assets, the Gates foundation will be donating at least $1.5 billion per year for the forseeable future. The doesn't mesh with the greed so often ascribed to Gates.
I don't hear too many arguments against charitable donation, so let me make one. What would be the result of Gates sticking to business and pouring the 1.5 billion into Windows or his business, instead of charity? It would likely improve Windows to the point where upgrading is actually useful. Imagine the amount of money spent on Windows and new versions of Office (Office 2007 will not work on Windows 2000) by individuals and businesses. This is money that's put into Microsoft products with no real productivity gain. This comes at a much larger price than 1.5 billion (Microsoft's revenue this year is projected to be $50 billon). What if, instead of having to upgrade Windows and software that *already works just fine*, we could spend our money on other things... like charities or other productive activities?
As an investor I always wonder why business leaders prefer spending money on charity instead of putting it back into their business. Don't they think that the business itself is helping a lot of people?
I wish I could get paid to moderate down any negative statements about Bill Gates.
It's got to be easier than my real job. All I have to do is discard my attachment to the truth.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
He's also taken far more away from the betterment of this world than I have, or ever could, or ever tried to. Idiot.
You know, your arrogantly dismissive comment here indicates to me that you're part of the same bullshit system as the last dipshit I railed against.
If you were actually interested in reading and responding to my comments, instead of simply making unfounded attacks, you would know that I didn't bring up any Microsoft software once. I stated specific objections to activities taken by both Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, which you have ignored entirely instead of addressing them. This is of course because there is no defense for what has been done. So it is necessary to engage in handwaving ("look at all the good he has done") because you cannot refute my points.
You're simply not going to distract people from the message by these means. You'll have to get points and abuse moderation by modding me as "troll" or as "overrated" (the latter rating as abuse because it is not metamoderated, the former because I am not remotely close to trolling. You'd never know if I was, because I'm not that stupid. Unfortunately, standing up for what you believe isn't clever, it's simply making a stand, and doing what I believe is right.)
Let me help you understand English, since you seem to be having problems with it. I will use parentheses on the assumption that anyone who is here can either understand grouping, or can fuck right off. ( "Did you get paid to prop up Mr. Gates" ) || ( "Are you easily led?" ) See how that works? Either one could be true. It was as much commentary about the sad state of affairs in which people are utterly blinded by his actions as it was an assertion that I was being attacked by a shill.
Come back when you're capable of a debate, son. I do my level best not to have a battle of wits with the unarmed.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"