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Windows 7 Likely Going Modular, Subscription-based
Microsoft CRM writes "When Windows 7 launches sometime after the start of 2010, the desktop OS will be Microsoft's most 'modular' operating system to date. That's not necessarily a good thing, of course; Windows Vista is a sprawling, complex OS. From Microsoft's perspective, though, there are many possible benefits. The OS's developers can add/remove functionality module by module. New modules could be sold post-launch, keeping revenue streams strong. A modular approach could also allow the company to make functionality available on a time-limited basis, potentially allowing users to 'rent' a feature if it's needed on a one-off basis. Microsoft is already testing 'pay as you go' consumer subscriptions in developing countries."
No matter how horrible a business model they use, it still can't be worse than Vista.
Commodore64_love: I don't comprehend people who're so frightened of death that they'll bankrupt themselves to stay alive
I'm excited for this new ability to unbundle! Pretty soon, Windows Server 2010 will offer me Good News Office Modular Extensions(TM), which will work something like this:
/etc/apt/sources.list
1. open command prompt
2. yum install msoffice2010.msi
3. cat "http://www.officeupdate.com" >>
4. apt-get update
5. emerge -pDNu windows
Losen up, will ya? Their not that bad. You just can't let it effect you.
that "object file system" is gonna rock
Microsoft secretly wants you to switch to Linux. Really, they do.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
I've got one of those modular operating systems, can just have a bare-bones core for appliance or add things until it turns into a desktop or server or supercomputer node.
but what I'm scared of is I've been hitting the shopping cart too often, apt-get this and apt-get that.
I'm dreading the day the bill for all these nifty modules comes in the mail.
1. Post statement bashing Microsoft/Vista.
2. Don't provide any evidence
3. Predict the downfall of Microsoft in X years.
4. [optional] Add reference to glorious "Year of the Linux desktop".
5. Profit?!
throw new NoSignatureException();
Die
Is Windows 8 going to be the COS - Collectible Operating System - sold in stores beside the CCGs? Open a booster pack and see how long it takes to build a complete OS. Just gotta hope that the components needed to connect to the 'net aren't one of the ultra-rares...
...[long list of
Need to get 36.77GB of archives and give us $499 with 9.99/month service fee.
After this operation, 62.87GB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Yeah, it would be an improvement but the dependencies would still suck life. Xandros has gone down that road with honest intentions. It's simply impossible to weld non free software together when one player throws a money wrench.
DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.
I was thinking more along the lines of:
/etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get remove msie7
cat "http://3rdparty.windowsupdate.com" >>
apt-get install firefox
apt-get install openoffice
If they're going to go to the bother of making it modular, they'd make life a lot easier for many geeks if they let users choose their "modules".
Follow me
no, this will be based on PowerShell
ps> Get-An-Install-File microsoft_office_2010.msi
ps> Append-String-To-Text-Document "http://www.officeupdate.com", "C:\WINDOWS\7\module\installer\config.txt"
ps> Update-Installer-With-The-New-Config-File
ps> Update-The-Computer-To-The-Newest-Version-Of "Everything"
"Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time." Danny Vinyard -American History X
Salesman: Here are the keys to your new car!
Customer: Thanks, and just in time its starting to rain. (gets in car and buckles up)
Salesman: Are you sure you don't want any upgrades?
Customer: No, a million times no. Just the basic car!
Salesman: Your choice. Have a nice day!
Customer: Hey! Why won't the widow roll up?
Salesman: Oh, You wanted a Window?
Customer: Of course I wanted a Window!
Salesman: But you said you didn't want any upgrades.
Customer: Well I NEED a window, my car is getting wet inside.
Salesman: Ok, that will be another two thousand dollars.
Customer: TWO THOUSAND!!?? Are you crazy? Why that much.
Salesman: That particular option package is bundled with the expensive model radio.
Customer: Thats crazy! Why would you bundle the window with a radio option.
Salesman: Now that would be silly to put an expensive radio in a car if its just going to get wet now isn't it?
Customer: Ok, Ok, just give me the window now.
Salesman: (reaches in his pocket, click click) There you go, you can put the window up now.
Customer: What about the radio? You said I get a radio with that option!
Salesman: You already have the radio installed, it should be activated now.
Customer: But wouldn't the radio get wet without the window?
Salesman: Thats why its bundled with the Window. If you don't have the good sense to put your window up we are certainly not going to waste a good radio by leaving it out in the rain.
Customer: That still makes no sense!
(Salesman reaches in his pocket again; click, click, Window rolls up automatically, sprinkler on the roof turns off, engine starts, and the tires start laying rubber through the parking lot.)
Salesman: (shouting) Are you still sure you don't want any other options? We have a great deal on breaks today!
I'm still waiting for that closing parenthesis ...
Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
> English is one of the hardest languages in the world to learn
Bullshit. English is so damn easy compared to, for example, Polish. Polish is the Perl of spoken languages. I speak both, and am a native speaker of Polish, so I guess I can say so.
In 2010, the EU rules Windows still not modular enough, tells Microsoft, "All these desktops are yours, except Europe. Attempt no installations there."
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Because, in the next 5 years, Linux will really be ready for prime time. Trust me.
Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.
Lindsay Blanton
RadioReference.com
this will be based on PowerShell
won't it be called something like PowerShell Professional Enterprise Level Home Edition Plus Networking, Five Seats, Single Core?
// MD_Update(&m,buf,j);
). There you go.
Dammit Microsoft! You're making it harder and harder to pirate your damn OS. Why do you isolate your users like this?!?!? I'm fed up! You've been reducing the capability to pirate since XP came out, and i'm damn tired of it!!!!! If you keep this sh*t up, we might just move to linux, or worse, Mac OS
All your 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 are belong to us
heh.
Mein Englisch ist besser als Dein Deutsch! Parlez vouz français, je ne comprende pas!
Ciao,
-S
"The contents of the Standard In buffer have been modified, and the computer must restart for these changes to take effect."
UTF-8: There and Back Again
I just read Slashdot for the articles.
"Losen up, will ya? Their not that bad. You just can't let it effect you."
I hope one day I'm so smart that I can't comprehend what you just said. Heh.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Stack overflow averted. *whew*
Program Intellivision!
I'm still trying to figure out the correct pronunciation of my own name!
Program Intellivision!
OEM, Volume License or full retail?