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Ousman
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 Posted - 30 Nov 2006 : 22:56:50
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Microsoft will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to market its new versions of Windows and Office and plans to release more than 30 additional business products in the next year that piggyback on their technology, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday in New York.
http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196600601
It took them five years to put together Vista and now they will use some of the $40 billion dollars in cash they are sitting on at Redmond to try and further dominate the desktop. You gotta give it to Bill and Co. The little head way Linux is making on the desktop will be truncated again.
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 10:39:48
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i agree, Linux will now find it harder to penetrate the business market but then thats the challenge, to be more innovative. seriously you cannot compare the Linux desktop experience to Windows, Linux is already going 3D.!!!
Microsoft is pushing this as a ''big breakthrough'' but i think they are now simply reacting not inventing anything new. most of the new features were already in Linux or Macs ages ago.
even the new IE7 browser is crap. its two years behind firefox i think.
we have been discussing here on the Bantaba the one lap top per child project and apparently microsoft doesn't like the idea as well. thats going to be even harder.
you can read the latest at
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/30/business/laptop.php
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Ousman
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 16:32:26
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Njucks,
I think the Linux community can learn something from Microsoft...that good marketing in this day and age will get you far. Linux is giving Microsoft a run for its money on the server side of the equation and if they could use that acumen to push for Linux on the desktop, the sky will be the limit.
I am kind of biased in this debate. I love Linux and open source products. I used them daily, but I am stuck for now in a corporate environment that is dominated by windows. That is not going to change anytime soon. However we are using open source in the implementation of our web servers. So all is not gloomy.
With regards to Microsoft and its antics towards the MIT project, well what do you expect? It is a frontal assault on their turf and they will try to derail it. If the project took off, what you will get is millions of people learning to use computers with Linux on it. That means less eye balls for the windows juggernaut. |
http://Gambian.blogspot.com |
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 19:49:55
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I heard somewhere that using Vista demands very strong capacity of a pc that even most companies are forced to invest in new pc:s.
Njucks, in what whay is IE7 crap and behind Firefox? I donīt distrust you, am just curious. Have just started using it myself. |
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njucks
Gambia
1131 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 20:25:22
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well i'm not an geek but my pc is slower since i got it. what irritates me more is that i cannot open new links (right click) in the same window which is the whole point of having tabs (new in IE7)!!! IE7 opens a new window whilst in Firefox and other browsers you can open a link in the same window as a new tab.
and tabs have been in other browswers for years now.it is only new to microsoft.
Ous/KIWI i'm i doing something wrong?? |
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Ousman
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 20:38:07
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Kiwi,
I have been beta testing Vista for the past eight months and believe me it is high maintenance. Vista is much more graphics focused. There is a fundamental shift from bitmap images to vector graphics. The workload has been shifted from the CPU to the GPU demanding the installment of a serious display card in the machine. A 128MB display card will be good,but to get the eye candy (aero), a 256MB or better display card will be ideal.
The graphics capability will need to be accompanied by rather large amounts of system memory. Half a gigabyte of system RAM will be usable for 32-bit computing, although 1 gigabyte would be much better. Double that amount is needed for 64-bit computing. DDR3 RAM will be best for unlocking the speed and power of Vista.
With regards to IE7, I wouldn't call it crap. I think it is an improvement over IE6 security and cosmetically. It is a johnny come lately when it comes to tab browsing. Firefox is my default browser, but occasionally, I pay my tithe to Microsoft by using IE. |
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Ousman
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 20:41:28
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Njucks,
That is your fault. Go to Tools, internet options, tabs,open links from other programs and choose open new tab in current window to get rid of that problem. |
http://Gambian.blogspot.com |
Edited by - Ousman on 01 Dec 2006 20:44:47 |
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njucks
Gambia
1131 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 21:06:32
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| thanks it was my fault. its working now. but i will stick to Firefox. |
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 22:27:06
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It sounds interesting with Vista but I see my computer is too weak, I would need more of everything, for example my display card is only 64MB
Also my computer has become very slow since IE7, I might change back to IE6 or try firefox. Or is my computer full of dust? It might need some cleaning. |
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