I have to ask, do you ever go over to a friends house and watch any TV. They are doing exactly that. Also I do believe (though I could be wrong) that when TV's first came out many people went over to their friends houses if they had a TV and watched it there.
Also if you want to be technical there is only one "ORIGINAL buyer" for a TV set which would mean only one person would ever be able to watch one Tv which is quite rediculous.
I would say it would be.
The fact is that most people don't wish to know about all the technical stuff for an operating system. They wish to have something that they can occasionally use for the internet or for word processing etc. and is easy to operate.
I could be wrong but i don't think that microsoft did introduce the worm or virus. They just have a larger amount of worms and viruses due to the way the operating system is built and the fact that so many people use the the MS operating system as people target it because of that.
Though maybe a lot of the stuff that they use Microsoft does improve on some things. My personal belief is that Microsoft is now too large a company and is probably starting to go the way of say IBM. i.e it will probably still be around but it won't have such a large monopoply on things down the track.
I also think that if they are going to survive then Microfot needs to start doing some restructuring over the next few years. As i believe that many more people will go towards open source/cheaper operating systems and the more people that go away from Microsoft the more that will follow. So they should start to think about what else they can provide. Though someone else has already mentioned that they are.
Many people now use micrsoft for document compatability with other people, the fact that the OS comes with your computer and for playing games.
I also think that by just stopping open source software in specific places won't work as there are i think around 200 or so countries in the world. It would also take a lot of money that could be better invested elsewhere (eg. starting on that restructuring).
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I have to ask, do you ever go over to a friends house and watch any TV. They are doing exactly that. Also I do believe (though I could be wrong) that when TV's first came out many people went over to their friends houses if they had a TV and watched it there. Also if you want to be technical there is only one "ORIGINAL buyer" for a TV set which would mean only one person would ever be able to watch one Tv which is quite rediculous.
I would say it would be.
The fact is that most people don't wish to know about all the technical stuff for an operating system. They wish to have something that they can occasionally use for the internet or for word processing etc. and is easy to operate.
I could be wrong but i don't think that microsoft did introduce the worm or virus. They just have a larger amount of worms and viruses due to the way the operating system is built and the fact that so many people use the the MS operating system as people target it because of that. Though maybe a lot of the stuff that they use Microsoft does improve on some things. My personal belief is that Microsoft is now too large a company and is probably starting to go the way of say IBM. i.e it will probably still be around but it won't have such a large monopoply on things down the track. I also think that if they are going to survive then Microfot needs to start doing some restructuring over the next few years. As i believe that many more people will go towards open source/cheaper operating systems and the more people that go away from Microsoft the more that will follow. So they should start to think about what else they can provide. Though someone else has already mentioned that they are. Many people now use micrsoft for document compatability with other people, the fact that the OS comes with your computer and for playing games. I also think that by just stopping open source software in specific places won't work as there are i think around 200 or so countries in the world. It would also take a lot of money that could be better invested elsewhere (eg. starting on that restructuring).