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Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition
Chabil Ha' writes "Heard the rumors that the much-maligned Windows 7 Starter Edition would be able to run more than three concurrent applications? Today, the Windows team made it official: 'Based on the feedback we've received from partners and customers asking us to enable a richer small notebook PC experience with Windows 7 Starter, we've decided to enable Windows 7 Starter customers the ability to run as many applications simultaneously as they would like, instead of being constricted to the 3 application limit that the previous Starter editions included. We believe these changes will make Windows 7 Starter an even more attractive option for customers who want a small notebook PC for very basic tasks, like browsing the web, checking email and personal productivity.' Small consolation, of course, if you want to watch a DVD natively, but I'm sure this won't stop the Slashdot crowd from enabling it."
Microsoft took out the limitation of Windows 2009 server of running more than 10 simultaneous tasks, if your computer is a 486.
Completely indepdent bloggers with no known connection to Microsoft together all say the same thing: this is the most exciting Microsoft product yet. Ordinarily, I would bash Microsoft like those poseurs trying to establish hipster cred with their iPod phones or smelly basement-dwelling command-prompt Ubunix lusers. But now, for once, Microsoft has earned its great reputation.
I've heard things, a buzz or rumor, from the people who would know, people who are impartial and love that WIndows 7. A friend of a friend saw some internal demos, not available to men with small penises or skin rashes. It'll blow you away when you get to see it. Which pretty much only very cool people get to early on. So, don't go around spreading rumors about how mind-bending Windows 7 is ... unless ... you want people to know that you are really cool.
Yep, Linux is the only place in the world where crappy hardware support is acceptable or even desirable. When Vista broke driver compatibility and left peripherals out in the cold it was MS's fault.
I think it's odd that Wine running on x86-64 has no problem running 16 bit applications, yet Windows 7 will have problems.
Everyone knows that Linux has 0.000000000000000000001% marketshare soMS does nothing because of them. Microsoft only does things out of the kindness of their heart. That's the benefit of a monopoly. Companies don't have to use underhanded tactics to battle the competition and they can be ruled solely by their heart.