What will happen is people will buy Starter Edition, then yes, pirate it. That is still better for MS than if they did't buy any version of Windows. This can't hurt MS at all. $36 USD (is that the cost?) is better than $0.
Please don't misinterpret that. I meant to point out that Linux is free. I am NOT saying it has reduced functionality. It has MUCH more functionality than XPSE, which is another advantage. I just pressed submit too early and just realized a second after that it could be read wrong.
No, the point of the Starter Edition is reduced functionality. They would have to charge more if they took all the crap out of Windows. (Reduced Media Edition)
I agree for the most part, but keep in mind that in most cases the only software cost needed for Windows is the OS itself as there is a lot of F/OSS for Windows, such as "OpenOffice, Firefox, Gimp, programming languages and hundreds of useful software", exactly what you stated as everything a Linux user could need. There are great advantages of Linux over Windows, but the amount of free software available isn't really one of them.
In most cases, local ISPs would not be competing with the government, because they probably offer faster connections, and the security of the government not being able to easily see all your online activity. Also, when you make something like this free, it would be overused. People would purposely leave their computers downloading extra warez^H^H^H^H^H Linux distros that they won't even use, just because they can. The same would happen with electricity. The population of a city that provides "free" electricity would use three times as much electricity and end up paying six times their electric bills in tax.
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the data in Figure 6, in particular, proves that four years of hard work were wasted on this project.
What will happen is people will buy Starter Edition, then yes, pirate it. That is still better for MS than if they did't buy any version of Windows. This can't hurt MS at all. $36 USD (is that the cost?) is better than $0.
Maybe he wanted to see if he could get some extra karma. He did get Insightful twice.
They seem to work now. Maybe they read slashdot...
He probably figured that no one would notice, since they don't RTFA anyways...
No, I think you're thinking of Java. It runs on every platform.
A summary with brief quotations is allowed. Google just has the quotes. They didn't make summaries of the articles.
Please don't misinterpret that. I meant to point out that Linux is free. I am NOT saying it has reduced functionality. It has MUCH more functionality than XPSE, which is another advantage. I just pressed submit too early and just realized a second after that it could be read wrong.
Why don't you just use Linux?
No, the point of the Starter Edition is reduced functionality. They would have to charge more if they took all the crap out of Windows. (Reduced Media Edition)
I agree for the most part, but keep in mind that in most cases the only software cost needed for Windows is the OS itself as there is a lot of F/OSS for Windows, such as "OpenOffice, Firefox, Gimp, programming languages and hundreds of useful software", exactly what you stated as everything a Linux user could need. There are great advantages of Linux over Windows, but the amount of free software available isn't really one of them.
They support their version of it, it is just not the same one everyone else supports.
Did you read that article? It wants to exploit our computers!
There is one fatal flaw. Wine Is Not an Emulater.
They have it now: http://mirrordot.org/stories/fe8b6a800eb7b4f95a558 da0372aa63a/index.html
From TFA: Revelations is a non-profit film being made for private use, and is not intended for sales of any sort.
I'm sure they asked for permission first.
Sorry, I searched for "online poker" instead of online poker. It is still #3 without the quotes.
I think Slashdot moved it up to #2.
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answers.com pulls the information from multiple places, one of which is Wikipedia.
No, not death, just a $20,000 fine.
Right, how do they know it wasn't your neighbor leeching off of your wifi?
In most cases, local ISPs would not be competing with the government, because they probably offer faster connections, and the security of the government not being able to easily see all your online activity. Also, when you make something like this free, it would be overused. People would purposely leave their computers downloading extra warez^H^H^H^H^H Linux distros that they won't even use, just because they can. The same would happen with electricity. The population of a city that provides "free" electricity would use three times as much electricity and end up paying six times their electric bills in tax.