Little bit of a disconnect between Canadian Border Security and Canadian Tourism industry. The only thing this will do is put a cooling effect on American tourists going to Canada. Mostly because of media over reaction and hype. But still, this enforced policy will most certainly cost Canada millions in tourist dollars because the average american will not know if a 30 year old littering conviction will keep them out, so why bother making vacation plans to Canada.
All this enforced security is still not going to keep the terrorists from just walking across the border. Seems rather pointless.
MS knows that the constant merry-go-round of operating systems is not, in the long run, sustainable. However, MS has no choice but to develop constant upgrades to bring in the dollars for the stockholders. This is also why so many applications are bloatware now. Add endless features to keep the users upgrading.
A web based OS & Applcation suite with an always on broadband and "net device" would be a popular solution to casual home users who have small requirements. This would also offload most (not all) of the support problems MS faces. Be honest. How many of you have had to help relatives after the holidays because they accidently mucked up their computers with new softwar or upgrades. How many of them would be happier with a web device with no configuration needed.
The concept of web based os and an application suite would also give MS the much needed option of charging monthly fee's for service. This would give MS the sustainable cash flow they so much desire without the massive overhead of continuous software upgrades. WebTV had the concept right, but lagged horribly (pun intended) in technical implementation. Google simply picked up on the idea of K.I.S.S. which is what the majority of casual users are looking for. Businesses on the other hand would be a hard sell for this, unless MS licensed the backend to the Web OS.
Still, in the long run, how many of the slashdottians here see a time when they would abandon their existing computers for a web os?
So in the future will we have to pay: A broadband fee, An OS fee, Applications fees, Printing fee's, and Storage fee's?
That may not be your dream, but as a sustainable cash flow deam it certainly is Microsoft's.
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Little bit of a disconnect between Canadian Border Security and Canadian Tourism industry. The only thing this will do is put a cooling effect on American tourists going to Canada. Mostly because of media over reaction and hype. But still, this enforced policy will most certainly cost Canada millions in tourist dollars because the average american will not know if a 30 year old littering conviction will keep them out, so why bother making vacation plans to Canada. All this enforced security is still not going to keep the terrorists from just walking across the border. Seems rather pointless.
Dell was from all the Porn I was DL'ing..
MS knows that the constant merry-go-round of operating systems is not, in the long run, sustainable. However, MS has no choice but to develop constant upgrades to bring in the dollars for the stockholders. This is also why so many applications are bloatware now. Add endless features to keep the users upgrading. A web based OS & Applcation suite with an always on broadband and "net device" would be a popular solution to casual home users who have small requirements. This would also offload most (not all) of the support problems MS faces. Be honest. How many of you have had to help relatives after the holidays because they accidently mucked up their computers with new softwar or upgrades. How many of them would be happier with a web device with no configuration needed. The concept of web based os and an application suite would also give MS the much needed option of charging monthly fee's for service. This would give MS the sustainable cash flow they so much desire without the massive overhead of continuous software upgrades. WebTV had the concept right, but lagged horribly (pun intended) in technical implementation. Google simply picked up on the idea of K.I.S.S. which is what the majority of casual users are looking for. Businesses on the other hand would be a hard sell for this, unless MS licensed the backend to the Web OS. Still, in the long run, how many of the slashdottians here see a time when they would abandon their existing computers for a web os? So in the future will we have to pay: A broadband fee, An OS fee, Applications fees, Printing fee's, and Storage fee's? That may not be your dream, but as a sustainable cash flow deam it certainly is Microsoft's.