Even if Windows 7 flops horribly, which I doubt, Microsoft will still have a hell of a lot of control.
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Microsoft is still doing very well because Windows XP is carrying the load and overcoming the drag of Windows Vista.
If Windows 7 cannot gain traction, Windows XP will no longer be able to pull its own weight, plus the weight of a stillborn Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Microsoft needs Windows 7 to succeed as a replacement for Windows XP before Windows XP becomes so old that it looks archaic. Why do you think Microsoft is rushing a half-baked Windows 7 out the door? Anything is better than Windows Vista.
That is so funny. The Windows 7 release blitz has been completely planned.
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Look at it this way. Vista has been a disaster for Microsoft. Windows 7 is the hopeful salvation. If Microsoft cannot make Windows 7 work and grab marketshare to the level of Windows XP, Microsoft is in deep doo.
So what is a monopolistic comapny to do? Well, one thing is to try to build what the marketeers call a buzz. Will Microsoft succeed? Or have the computing masses tasted the freedom of OS-X and Linux?
Of course, Microsoft will send out a spinmeister who will explain that there is a bug in their code somewhere, and that Microsoft would never, ever, do anything like block a competitor like that.
Does Network Address Translation (performed by most DSL and cable modems) count as being a proxy? NAT hides the true IP address of my PC. Do AOL's HTTP proxies count as a proxy? (I don't see a happy ending for this.)
'Business constantly evolves,' he adds, 'but there are 250bn lines of COBOL code working well worldwide. Why would companies replace systems that are working well?'"
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That is the problem with Windows Genuine Advantage when used in a corporate environment. It does not matter whether or not the software systems are still working well. There is a remote switch (based in Redmond) that can be used to shut down these functioning systems and force conversions/upgrades.
If you do not think it can or will happen, look at the DRM servers that were turned off.
... regardless of the poor quality of the product. Even Microsoft says that people buy Windows only because people are accustomed to and comfortable with all its problems.
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The only way to break the monopoly is a computing paradigm-shift, similar to what the smartphones are doing.
I've used it for a while. I could never figure out how to direct the output to one of the two audio cards in my [Windows] PC? Also, I have a USB-connected D/A converter, and I never was able to get VLC to send the audio data to that.
Microsoft is getting desperate in its failed attempts to keep Windows relevant as a development environment. .
When Microsoft ports a tool like this to Linux, then and only then will Microsoft be viewed as anything but a company that is trying to take over the computing world.
... IE8 is Windows-only. And not even all versions of Windows that Microsoft supports, just some. How good can IE8 really be if Microsoft does not even support it on all of the Microsoft OS's?
The compression rate is way too high. Music is all but unlistenable in a non-automobile environment. I had a trial XM radio hooked up to my home stereo. I could not listen to the music for more than ten or fifteen minutes at a time.
they are dangerously insecure because they run open source operating systems or software, because 'anyone can read the code and hack you with ease.'
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Of course, Microsoft Windows has proven that closed-source, proprietary software is secure. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-...
Microsoft is desperate to fight the lower cost of Open Source in these troubled economic times. Microsoft is having trouble justifying their economic exstence. So, instead of fighting on a cost basis, Microsoft is tryng to shift the battleground to a different arena --- one of security. Unfortunately, in the arena of security, Microsoft loses big.
Instead of going after the headline companies for minimal issues, the efforts of the so-called privacy group would be far more beneficial to all, if they did things like prevent state governments from putting personal information on the web. Or stop the feds from listening in on our communications.
I wonder what could be done with this type of interface. It certainly would be a lot less expensive than Microsoft's Surface, and you wouldn't be locked into an operating system that is stuck in the 90's.
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Microsoft is still doing very well because Windows XP is carrying the load and overcoming the drag of Windows Vista.
If Windows 7 cannot gain traction, Windows XP will no longer be able to pull its own weight, plus the weight of a stillborn Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Microsoft needs Windows 7 to succeed as a replacement for Windows XP before Windows XP becomes so old that it looks archaic. Why do you think Microsoft is rushing a half-baked Windows 7 out the door? Anything is better than Windows Vista.
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It isn't?!?!?!?
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Look at it this way. Vista has been a disaster for Microsoft. Windows 7 is the hopeful salvation. If Microsoft cannot make Windows 7 work and grab marketshare to the level of Windows XP, Microsoft is in deep doo.
So what is a monopolistic comapny to do? Well, one thing is to try to build what the marketeers call a buzz. Will Microsoft succeed? Or have the computing masses tasted the freedom of OS-X and Linux?
Of course, Microsoft will send out a spinmeister who will explain that there is a bug in their code somewhere, and that Microsoft would never, ever, do anything like block a competitor like that.
Does Network Address Translation (performed by most DSL and cable modems) count as being a proxy? NAT hides the true IP address of my PC. Do AOL's HTTP proxies count as a proxy? (I don't see a happy ending for this.)
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That is the problem with Windows Genuine Advantage when used in a corporate environment. It does not matter whether or not the software systems are still working well. There is a remote switch (based in Redmond) that can be used to shut down these functioning systems and force conversions/upgrades. If you do not think it can or will happen, look at the DRM servers that were turned off.
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The only way to break the monopoly is a computing paradigm-shift, similar to what the smartphones are doing.
I've used it for a while. I could never figure out how to direct the output to one of the two audio cards in my [Windows] PC? Also, I have a USB-connected D/A converter, and I never was able to get VLC to send the audio data to that.
MySQL resides with Sun. Period. End of discussion.
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When Microsoft ports a tool like this to Linux, then and only then will Microsoft be viewed as anything but a company that is trying to take over the computing world.
Why should I read further. After reading that first paragraph, Lorin Ricker looks like an idiot.
... IE8 is Windows-only. And not even all versions of Windows that Microsoft supports, just some. How good can IE8 really be if Microsoft does not even support it on all of the Microsoft OS's?
... what do you expect? Rationality?
... when the creationism crowd will let the religious leaders do your science thinking for you.
Wasn't that what Microsoft said about the Windows anti-trust lawsuits?
btw, thanks for making my point for me. :)
OK, so it takes a paragraph, not five words. :)
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Blink - go with your first feeling. There, that's the whole 100+ page book in a five word sentence.
Why people continue to fork money over to this guy is beyond me.
Not where I live. To many trees that cut off the signal.
The compression rate is way too high. Music is all but unlistenable in a non-automobile environment. I had a trial XM radio hooked up to my home stereo. I could not listen to the music for more than ten or fifteen minutes at a time.
More likely - Microsoft is "leaking" the new build to create a buzz of anticipation in the user community.
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Of course, Microsoft Windows has proven that closed-source, proprietary software is secure. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-...
Microsoft is desperate to fight the lower cost of Open Source in these troubled economic times. Microsoft is having trouble justifying their economic exstence. So, instead of fighting on a cost basis, Microsoft is tryng to shift the battleground to a different arena --- one of security. Unfortunately, in the arena of security, Microsoft loses big.
Instead of going after the headline companies for minimal issues, the efforts of the so-called privacy group would be far more beneficial to all, if they did things like prevent state governments from putting personal information on the web. Or stop the feds from listening in on our communications.
I wonder what could be done with this type of interface. It certainly would be a lot less expensive than Microsoft's Surface, and you wouldn't be locked into an operating system that is stuck in the 90's.
Oh my God. The forced PC tax is funding the research that thought up this garbage? Microsoft should lay off its reasearch department.