blogs.zdnet.com— It's not even on store shelves yet, but Windows 7 might come with a price tag that may be a higher hurdle than expected for some early adopters.
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XP limited how many times you can activate over the internet.When you reach the limit... 2 or 3 times, they make you phone in to a toll-free number and activate by phone.
I don't see any limitless funding. Still think about Linux as an OS done by lonely enthusiasts? Who sponsors kernel development? Intel, Oracle, Red Hat etc. Who sponsors Gnome development? IBM, Novell, Red Hat, Canonical etc.. Continue the list for other components yourself, please. These companies have money, and they do spend a lot on R&D. Probably Linux is even more expensive than Windows when thinking about R&D. These companies usually don't advertise "Linux" (who wants to advertise kernel or Gnome?), but Canonical's latest attempts to go beyond what those other companies do are promising. Shelf placement? No problem, bundle Ubuntu with a support contract, add codecs and put on on a shelf for a good price. Advertising? I think we'll see it, though Ubuntu hitting Digg and other websites and magazines is a great advertising too, and it's free. Pre-install on new PCs? Finally Dell and other companies do that, there are new companies which specialize on that.I think we're just at the beginning of something interesting on the desktop. This year is the year of Linux on mobile devices (Android, Palm Pre, oFono, Moblin), but we'll need a few of years to see the year of Linux on the desktop. Linux wasn't ready for the masses a just a couple of years ago, but now when it's ready things will speed up.
I think that there won't be a lot of people buying it. Times have changed and most people don't really care about the OS that much, not to go out and buy it anyways. I might be wrong.
As childish as that future you paint seems, I prefer it to the possible alternative:MS wins OS development, shuts down Mac/Linux, and assigns to you your password. Users must pay monthly "Windows Live" fee, or lose internet access. Programs must be pre-approved, and can be deactivated when new versions come out. The "internet" requires a MS license, and the only browser allowed has no address bar, but a list of bookmarks and a search page with more approved pages. Both our scenarios are silly, but this one seems far worse.
"What's the point when most applications don't even run nativly under Linux? "Sure they do. They run naively using Wine. Wine is a native implementation of the win32 api. Wine Is Not an Emulator.
Vista 2.0... Now with even more Fail than Vista 1.0. Maybe if they keep trying they will come out with something as good as XP by the time Vista 5.0 comes around.An OS that only provides a few apps like media player and web browser should cost no more than $10.
Closed AccountMay 18, 2009
XP limited how many times you can activate over the internet.When you reach the limit... 2 or 3 times, they make you phone in to a toll-free number and activate by phone.
virtualmodeMay 18, 2009
I don't see any limitless funding. Still think about Linux as an OS done by lonely enthusiasts? Who sponsors kernel development? Intel, Oracle, Red Hat etc. Who sponsors Gnome development? IBM, Novell, Red Hat, Canonical etc.. Continue the list for other components yourself, please. These companies have money, and they do spend a lot on R&D. Probably Linux is even more expensive than Windows when thinking about R&D. These companies usually don't advertise "Linux" (who wants to advertise kernel or Gnome?), but Canonical's latest attempts to go beyond what those other companies do are promising. Shelf placement? No problem, bundle Ubuntu with a support contract, add codecs and put on on a shelf for a good price. Advertising? I think we'll see it, though Ubuntu hitting Digg and other websites and magazines is a great advertising too, and it's free. Pre-install on new PCs? Finally Dell and other companies do that, there are new companies which specialize on that.I think we're just at the beginning of something interesting on the desktop. This year is the year of Linux on mobile devices (Android, Palm Pre, oFono, Moblin), but we'll need a few of years to see the year of Linux on the desktop. Linux wasn't ready for the masses a just a couple of years ago, but now when it's ready things will speed up.
rpgmakrMay 19, 2009
I think that there won't be a lot of people buying it. Times have changed and most people don't really care about the OS that much, not to go out and buy it anyways. I might be wrong.
theaceoffireMay 19, 2009
As childish as that future you paint seems, I prefer it to the possible alternative:MS wins OS development, shuts down Mac/Linux, and assigns to you your password. Users must pay monthly "Windows Live" fee, or lose internet access. Programs must be pre-approved, and can be deactivated when new versions come out. The "internet" requires a MS license, and the only browser allowed has no address bar, but a list of bookmarks and a search page with more approved pages. Both our scenarios are silly, but this one seems far worse.
mweatherMay 19, 2009
"What's the point when most applications don't even run nativly under Linux? "Sure they do. They run naively using Wine. Wine is a native implementation of the win32 api. Wine Is Not an Emulator.
buckrogers1965May 20, 2009
Vista 2.0... Now with even more Fail than Vista 1.0. Maybe if they keep trying they will come out with something as good as XP by the time Vista 5.0 comes around.An OS that only provides a few apps like media player and web browser should cost no more than $10.
robojesusMay 23, 2009
To your face!just kidding. Disproportionate to a NORMAL f**kING REACTION YOU DENSE PIECE OF s**t MOTHER f**kER. (here's to old threads, eh?)