Are proprietary operating systems the future?
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| We live in a world of hype. The closed source companies hype their products
| to the max. The Open source advocates hype everything open source. In the end
| hype is just hype and sooner or later reality sets in. The latest example I
| can think of is the slow uptake of Vista which was a long awaited and hyped
| up offering from Microsoft.
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/are-proprietary-operating-systems-the-future-21345
Related:
Apple planning iPhone shortage
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| According to Apple Insider, Apple has had shedloads of time to
| work out how much real demand there will be for iPhones, yet it
| seems to be deliberately keeping supplies low for the launch.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40041
Then and now: Assessing Ballmer's Vista comments
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| Consider the contrasting tone of Ballmer's comments on stage at the
| Windows Vista launch event three weeks ago:
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| "We think in the next three months we'll probably sell five times
| as many copies of Windows Vista as we ever did [Windows 95] in the
| equivalent period of time"
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| [...]
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| Now compare the comments above with those he made to analysts
| this past week, as excerpted below...
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/111773.asp?source=rss
Microsoft's field of dreams
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| Microsoft marketeers now have the problem of selling this whole new
| bag of tricks to the public, while telling them they can't actually
| have it until the end of January. And yes, another, much more
| flamboyant launch is being planned. Maybe they can see if Wembley
| Stadium or the Millennium Dome is available. They both know a
| thing about big promises and long delays.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/30/vista_highbury/
The great Vista gravy train
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| Microsoft and its adherents would have us believe that the world
| is breathlessly awaiting the arrival of Windows Vista. However,
| many - perhaps most - of us Windows XP SP2 users are grumbling at
| the thought of once again being forced into lining the pockets of
| Microsoft and just about everybody else in the IT industry jumping
| on the Vista gravy train.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7244/983/
Full Disclosure: Windows--New! Improved! Yada Yada Yada!
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| Every Microsoft upgrade sets a new standard--in hype.
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| [...]
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| I'm not masochistic enough to test Microsoft's betas and release
| candidates. The final product is usually rough enough; and as I write,
| that's not yet available. But I've seen the demos and read the propaganda
| and first looks. Vista promises a lot of potentially useful new stuff. But
| for now I can think of only one reason to worry about the thing: It will
| come with your next PC.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127927-c,vistalonghorn/article.html
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