I just got sent here by a link on Wired News and read all of this. I am mildly amused that this discussion is even going on. When Microsoft came out with DOS there was lots of people who had developed easier to program operating systems. Marketing coupled with research and development brought Bill Gates to where he is. The idea that a new system is going to take over anything with the amount of Windows software that is available to all the systems out there, including MAC products (whose users I might add, sued him to get to use it despite their own buying choices ) and with IBM backing out of the competition in the United States there won't be enough Windows products to go around.
There is going to be a huge market for repair and upgrade on the old systems for years. Then, who knows? Does anyone believe that Apple is going to set up a lot of big money deals with IBM for microprocessors that have been designed for use with Windows and then switch operating systems soon? Yeah, that would create a few problems in the accounting department.
Years ago you had to buy a DOS disk and finish the programming yourself. I don't think that I personally would want to reinvent the wheel again. That would be like buying a new home and looking for a wood stove to be upgraded at sometime in the future.
The other part of this means that every system that hasn't been upgraded would need to be changed. That means years of programming people sitting around typing and working for the past not the future. Not a pretty picture.
I will leave all the exclamatory remarks and prejudiced opinions to all of you who like that. I just think from a logical, money minded,(which most of the business world is) perspective, that nothing is going to walk in and take over today. That would be like trying to sell the military a ray-gun you designed in your garage. It might work and actually be better than the laser. But, you have to remember, Zerox and IBM turned down the idea of even discussing something called a mouse years ago because it had a funny name. They weren't sure it would sell.
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I just got sent here by a link on Wired News and read all of this. I am mildly amused that this discussion is even going on. When Microsoft came out with DOS there was lots of people who had developed easier to program operating systems. Marketing coupled with research and development brought Bill Gates to where he is. The idea that a new system is going to take over anything with the amount of Windows software that is available to all the systems out there, including MAC products (whose users I might add, sued him to get to use it despite their own buying choices ) and with IBM backing out of the competition in the United States there won't be enough Windows products to go around.
There is going to be a huge market for repair and upgrade on the old systems for years. Then, who knows? Does anyone believe that Apple is going to set up a lot of big money deals with IBM for microprocessors that have been designed for use with Windows and then switch operating systems soon? Yeah, that would create a few problems in the accounting department.
Years ago you had to buy a DOS disk and finish the programming yourself. I don't think that I personally would want to reinvent the wheel again. That would be like buying a new home and looking for a wood stove to be upgraded at sometime in the future.
The other part of this means that every system that hasn't been upgraded would need to be changed. That means years of programming people sitting around typing and working for the past not the future. Not a pretty picture.
I will leave all the exclamatory remarks and prejudiced opinions to all of you who like that. I just think from a logical, money minded,(which most of the business world is) perspective, that nothing is going to walk in and take over today. That would be like trying to sell the military a ray-gun you designed in your garage. It might work and actually be better than the laser. But, you have to remember, Zerox and IBM turned down the idea of even discussing something called a mouse years ago because it had a funny name. They weren't sure it would sell.
Thanks, Arizona Mildman