>> I actually disagree with this point (although not the sentiment behind it!).
I think the point was, if any idiot can set it up and run it, why not hire an idiot?
NT has this facade of being easy to admin - what that means is, the few things that are easy are very easy. The many things that require slightly more intelligence are much harder. But that's ok, cos we can pay the guy less - after all, he doesn't need all those new-fangled fancy-dancy skills the UNIX folk have!
Good to see this company using a decent OS, though but, although as several others have pointed out, why use Windos~1 at all if all they are running are X-servers, which I bet cost at least as much per PC as Winfoze itself?
Seriously, if this is supposed to be a new browser why does it claim to be Internet Exploder?
Someone else mentioned that it could be made to use Netscrape. Whu? Can't find/that/ particular option. And anyway, why would it need another browser to run?
In short: A pile of pants, big and old. Nothing `Neo' 'cept the name, and it doesn't even work very well (maybe that's due to it being Internet Exploiter with a pretty jacket on???)
Whilst I agree this is most probably what will happen in this case, the other OEMs should be thinking "what if this is me next week", and act accordingly.
'course, since the get-rich-quick CEOs will have made their moolah by then, they won't care. But if they have any long-term interest, they might just Do The Right Thing(tm).
Micros~1 feed the hype of Linux (recent articles in MS-press, e.g. ZD, praising Linux) until such a point that they release MS-Linux, riding the Linux wave.
What then happens of course is that Linux is "the next best thing" and MS is the "name no-one got fired for buying" and so...< insert logical conclusion here >
1. Only an option if you know how. Or even that you can.
2. So what?
3. Dongles don't tie to a particular machine, they tie to a particular dongle. Move the dongle to a new machine, hey presto the software still works. Buy a new CPU? Hey presto the software still works. Buy a new dongle = buying a new copy of the software anyway.
4. Omitted since nothing new has been said.
5. What you've seen is irrelevant, since who Intel say they want to catch are the unethical resellers. If their intent was to catch overclocking geeks, unless the CPU broadcasts its speed AS WELL AS ITS ID, the scheme is hardly going to work, now is it? However since they have also said they won't be keeping a database of ID vs Speed, this whole point is moot.
1. Most BigCorps want as much info on you as they can get. I think this'll count. They won't _require_ it but they'll gladly accept it.
2. My belief is MS already has the hooks for this built in to their bugware.
3. Yes you are. You already admitted as much by talking about high-end Unix stuff. Oh yeah, high-end - vertical markets tend to support much higher costs since they don't have the volume. And with high-end s/w you have support contracts that require turn-arounds for new licence numbers in real-time (read: a phone call). This can only happen with lower-volume sales.
4. Who indeed?
5. When people talk about "catching overclockers" they mean the folks who _sell_ 300Mhz o/c'ed chips running at 400Mhz, at 400Mhz prices. Not Joe Geek sitting in his basement with the fire extinguisher handy.
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>...any idiot can set it up and run it [NT]...
>> I actually disagree with this point (although not the sentiment behind it!).
I think the point was, if any idiot can set it up and run it, why not hire an idiot?
NT has this facade of being easy to admin - what that means is, the few things that are easy are very easy. The many things that require slightly more intelligence are much harder. But that's ok, cos we can pay the guy less - after all, he doesn't need all those new-fangled fancy-dancy skills the UNIX folk have!
Good to see this company using a decent OS, though but, although as several others have pointed out, why use Windos~1 at all if all they are running are X-servers, which I bet cost at least as much per PC as Winfoze itself?
Nothing new to see, move along please.
/that/ particular option. And anyway, why would it need another browser to run?
Seriously, if this is supposed to be a new browser why does it claim to be Internet Exploder?
Someone else mentioned that it could be made to use Netscrape. Whu? Can't find
In short: A pile of pants, big and old. Nothing `Neo' 'cept the name, and it doesn't even work very well (maybe that's due to it being Internet Exploiter with a pretty jacket on???)
That's cos Waits is so hit-and-miss. He topped out with Blue Valentine. I mean, Rain Dogs? What's that all about?
That legal counsel's name looks a bit dodgy to me:
Michael Scott DeWitt = MicroSoft Do It.
Oh well. Slow morning.
Whilst I agree this is most probably what will happen in this case, the other OEMs should be thinking "what if this is me next week", and act accordingly.
'course, since the get-rich-quick CEOs will have made their moolah by then, they won't care. But if they have any long-term interest, they might just Do The Right Thing(tm).
Micros~1 feed the hype of Linux (recent articles in MS-press, e.g. ZD, praising Linux) until such a point that they release MS-Linux, riding the Linux wave.
What then happens of course is that Linux is "the next best thing" and MS is the "name no-one got fired for buying" and so...< insert logical conclusion here >
Never heard of poteen (potain) ?
(Irish moonshine).
A pome:
Since I discovered Murphy's over here I have no need for Merkin beer.
1. Only an option if you know how. Or even that you can.
2. So what?
3. Dongles don't tie to a particular machine, they tie to a particular dongle. Move the dongle to a new machine, hey presto the software still works. Buy a new CPU? Hey presto the software still works. Buy a new dongle = buying a new copy of the software anyway.
4. Omitted since nothing new has been said.
5. What you've seen is irrelevant, since who Intel say they want to catch are the unethical resellers. If their intent was to catch overclocking geeks, unless the CPU broadcasts its speed AS WELL AS ITS ID, the scheme is hardly going to work, now is it? However since they have also said they won't be keeping a database of ID vs Speed, this whole point is moot.
1. Most BigCorps want as much info on you as they can get. I think this'll count. They won't _require_ it but they'll gladly accept it.
2. My belief is MS already has the hooks for this built in to their bugware.
3. Yes you are. You already admitted as much by talking about high-end Unix stuff. Oh yeah, high-end - vertical markets tend to support much higher costs since they don't have the volume. And with high-end s/w you have support contracts that require turn-arounds for new licence numbers in real-time (read: a phone call). This can only happen with lower-volume sales.
4. Who indeed?
5. When people talk about "catching overclockers" they mean the folks who _sell_ 300Mhz o/c'ed chips running at 400Mhz, at 400Mhz prices. Not Joe Geek sitting in his basement with the fire extinguisher handy.