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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> In Depth: The Next Windows After Vista Will Demand Radical Rethinking From
> Microsoft
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>| Microsoft is at a crossroads, and the operating system that follows
>| Vista will likely mark a serious break from the past. That is, if
>| Microsoft can figure out how to do things differently.
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> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192501131&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
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> In simpler terms, "Windows no longer works". We already knew that, but it's
> nice to see that the press confessing, despite stealthy ownerships and media
> supervision. This will persuade people that it may be time for a change and
> reassessment of future paths that are safe (i.e. a product/company that will
> still exist in the future).
I presume that this is when we see MS's pun on unix (singularity)
emerge (to pun gentoo :-). There will surely be enough people out there
who will voluntarily spend money on Vista to make up for some of the
work, but I think MS will finally have to abandon the whole NT mess in
order to take on linux. It's quite true that their marketing expertise
and muscle, and their contacts deep into governments, will help them
through all kinds of problems, but in the end, I still can't see how
they will compete with free.
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't
what they want that they don't want it.
-- Ogden Nash
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