{OT} So long, farewell Microsoft. We'll miss you!

[status]

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4878

<SNIP>
A plan by Japan, China and South Korea to develop an alternative
operating system to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software would raise
concerns over fair competition, the world's No. 1 software maker said
on Friday.
<SNIP>

 

[tlshell]

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4878

<SNIP>
A plan by Japan, China and South Korea to develop an alternative
operating system to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software would raise
concerns over fair competition, the world's No. 1 software maker said
on Friday.
<SNIP>

Bollocks it would...Microsoft *needs* competition and yes, it would be
fair to have some.

 

[DC]

Bollocks it would...Microsoft *needs* competition and yes, it would be
fair to have some.

I love this:

<q>
"We'd like to see the market decide who the winners are in the software
industry," Tom Robertson, Microsoft's Tokyo-based director for
government affairs in Asia, told Reuters in a telephone interview.
</q>

The market is doing just that, Tom.

What a bunch of idiots. }:O)

 

[Bob Adkins]

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4878

<SNIP>
A plan by Japan, China and South Korea to develop an alternative
operating system to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software would raise
concerns over fair competition, the world's No. 1 software maker said
on Friday.

Perhaps MS will get a taste of its own medicine.

Bob

 

[fred]

Hold your breath. It's too late, MS has won. They fostered this idea of
dumbing down the software, long gone are the days when computer users had to
know at least a little bit about how they work. Now, all they have to do is
turn it on and cry for Mommy when it breaks.

--
fred
MBA/SOE
www.mbass.org
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his
hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. " H.L. Mencken

 

[SINNER]

* fred Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on Sat, 06 Sep 2003 09:06:55 GMT:

Hold your breath. It's too late, MS has won. They fostered this idea of
dumbing down the software, long gone are the days when computer users had to
know at least a little bit about how they work. Now, all they have to do is
turn it on and cry for Mommy when it breaks.

The real problem here is that when they get sufficently fed up to
attempt a switch to another OS, that 'other' OS does not do those things
so they get frustrated and curse those who would help them, its a vicous
cycle of monoculturism and its destroying the part of computing that was
supposed to be fun.

$0.02

 

[Alan]

* fred Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on Sat, 06 Sep 2003 09:06:55 GMT:

The real problem here is that when they get sufficently fed up to
attempt a switch to another OS, that 'other' OS does not do those
things

.... like installing itself. ;-)

 

[SINNER]

* Alan Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on Sun, 7 Sep 2003 00:08:17 +1000:

... like installing itself. ;-)

IMNSHO it does a better job of that then the one they are currently
using, well except you might have to swap a CD or 2

 

[tlshell]

Hold your breath. It's too late, MS has won. They fostered this idea of
dumbing down the software, long gone are the days when computer users had to
know at least a little bit about how they work. Now, all they have to do is
turn it on and cry for Mommy when it breaks.

Well, the early adopters of computers were already technically savvy,
the average person really has no interest in knowing what's under the
cover of their toys, they just expect them to work. So Microsoft's
strategy is clearly aimed at pleasing the vast majority of people, not
geeks.

This is probably why Linux and other similar alternatives have become
the new OS of geek choice. It also explains why so many more people
use Windows.

 

[fred]

You have your finger right on the "problem"; one the one hand, you have
those of us that know a bit more than the casual user, and then you have the
ones that wouldn't know a HD from a modem if you held a gun to their head.
The $$ is in taking care of the uninterested , because there are a whole lot
more of them.
My wife works on computers all day long, and she remains a confirmed
technopeasant. As she says, "Why do I have to learn when I have you?" Fine,
except for when I am about to kill the last monster in my new game and she
insists on my coming to her side and helping her cope with a scary message.
"Windows is starting now"

--
fred
MBA/SOE
www.mbass.org
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his
hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. " H.L. Mencken

 

[Matthew Robinson]

Linus Torvalds said in an interview with slashdot recently that linux will
not be ready for the desktop until 2005. currently linux is far better
than windows,mac etc. there will be change

You have your finger right on the "problem"; one the one hand, you have
those of us that know a bit more than the casual user, and then you have the
ones that wouldn't know a HD from a modem if you held a gun to their head.
The $$ is in taking care of the uninterested , because there are a whole lot
more of them.
My wife works on computers all day long, and she remains a confirmed
technopeasant. As she says, "Why do I have to learn when I have you?" Fine,
except for when I am about to kill the last monster in my new game and she
insists on my coming to her side and helping her cope with a scary message.
"Windows is starting now"

--
fred
MBA/SOE
www.mbass.org
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his
hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. " H.L. Mencken

 

[Bob Adkins]

This is probably why Linux and other similar alternatives have become
the new OS of geek choice. It also explains why so many more people
use Windows.

Lot of cool geek stuff under the hood of XP! When the Linux users hit a
brick wall, they jump on an XP machine to download patches, apps, updates,
and burn them on CD to salvage their Linux boxes. At least that's the way it
works around my house. ;-)

Bob

 

[Blinky the Shark]

On 06 Sep 2003 15:18:46 GMT, (e-mail address removed) wrote:

Lot of cool geek stuff under the hood of XP! When the Linux users hit a
brick wall, they jump on an XP machine to download patches, apps, updates,
and burn them on CD to salvage their Linux boxes. At least that's the way it
works around my house. ;-)

I suspect your house is nontypical.

 

[Gary R. Schmidt]

Bob Adkins wrote:




I suspect your house is nontypical.

And the geeks might be a tad ancient... The guts of NT/2K/XP is very
like VMS, which is not surprising as a lot of Digits left in a huff
after Ken Olsen changed his views on UNIX... and subequently were hired
for the "New Technology" joint project by MS and IBM, and when MS pulled
out, they kept the Digits.

Cheers,
Gary B-)