Dell has tried it, Walmart, Best Buy, Asus, they all tried it and found the exact same thing over and over AND OVER, folks try their software, software don't work, unit goes back.
Eee PC's with Linux were some of the best selling netbooks there were when Asus made them. The problem with them is that MS used it's market share to get Asus to install XP and call it an 'upgrade' to Xandros.
But choice == fragmentation! Panic now, before its too late!
No it isn't. Fragmentation is bad when programs only work in certain situations. For example, Android fragmentation. Chrome only works in ICS and Jelly Bean, leaving Honeycomb and Gingerbread users out, even though most phones run Gingerbread and most tablets run Honeycomb. GNOME Shell/MATE/Unity/Cinnamon fragmentation is not bad because programs made for GNOME Shell will work fine in Unity and Cinnamon since they are just different shells. MATE is still based on GTK2, but it will be ported to GTK3 eventually, and even with it using GTK2, GTK3 apps still work.
The real fragmentation in Linux is GNOME/KDE fragmentation. Usually, GTK apps work fine in KDE and vice versa, but the problem is theming. KDE supports GNOME themes for GTK apps, but KDE apps look ugly in GNOME.
If a kid sticks a fork in a toaster, do we ban toasters? No. What makes this an different? Also, there have been 12 injuries in 6 months? Any sport gets hundreds of times that. Do we ban excersize now too?
Unfortunately here in the US, corporations have more rights than people. I wondor how long it will be until they actually admit that businesses rule the country.
Being able to run the same apps on your phone, tablet and PC is an awesome feature
Not really. Microsoft's biggest fault is that they don't recognize that the phone, tablet and PC have different purposes, and different modes of usage.
You're thinking of this from a power user's point of view. Every average user I showed Win8 photos to loved it.
Does MS think people care about speed? If they did, I wouldn't have to tell my family to defrag their PC every time I use it. KDE and Apple seem like they have good tablet counterpart (cue the flaming). iOS and Plasma Active are good. GNOME and Windows both tried to combine their desktop and tablet shells, instead of doing the work to make separate ones. Why can't they just port WP7 to tablets and keep Aero for the desktop users? Meanwhile, I'll just be running KDE.
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Dell has tried it, Walmart, Best Buy, Asus, they all tried it and found the exact same thing over and over AND OVER, folks try their software, software don't work, unit goes back.
Eee PC's with Linux were some of the best selling netbooks there were when Asus made them. The problem with them is that MS used it's market share to get Asus to install XP and call it an 'upgrade' to Xandros.
But choice == fragmentation! Panic now, before its too late!
No it isn't. Fragmentation is bad when programs only work in certain situations. For example, Android fragmentation. Chrome only works in ICS and Jelly Bean, leaving Honeycomb and Gingerbread users out, even though most phones run Gingerbread and most tablets run Honeycomb. GNOME Shell/MATE/Unity/Cinnamon fragmentation is not bad because programs made for GNOME Shell will work fine in Unity and Cinnamon since they are just different shells. MATE is still based on GTK2, but it will be ported to GTK3 eventually, and even with it using GTK2, GTK3 apps still work. The real fragmentation in Linux is GNOME/KDE fragmentation. Usually, GTK apps work fine in KDE and vice versa, but the problem is theming. KDE supports GNOME themes for GTK apps, but KDE apps look ugly in GNOME.
If a kid sticks a fork in a toaster, do we ban toasters? No. What makes this an different? Also, there have been 12 injuries in 6 months? Any sport gets hundreds of times that. Do we ban excersize now too?
Unfortunately here in the US, corporations have more rights than people. I wondor how long it will be until they actually admit that businesses rule the country.
Being able to run the same apps on your phone, tablet and PC is an awesome feature
Not really. Microsoft's biggest fault is that they don't recognize that the phone, tablet and PC have different purposes, and different modes of usage.
You're thinking of this from a power user's point of view. Every average user I showed Win8 photos to loved it.
Does MS think people care about speed? If they did, I wouldn't have to tell my family to defrag their PC every time I use it. KDE and Apple seem like they have good tablet counterpart (cue the flaming). iOS and Plasma Active are good. GNOME and Windows both tried to combine their desktop and tablet shells, instead of doing the work to make separate ones. Why can't they just port WP7 to tablets and keep Aero for the desktop users? Meanwhile, I'll just be running KDE.