Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Microsoft: PCs need a major design makeover
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> Company's designers want hardware to have 'Vista sensibility'
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> | Doesn't sound much like Microsoft, does it? But it is. BusinessWeek
> | has learned that a team of 20 in-house designers has been working
> | quietly for the past 18 months on an elegant new look for PCs that will
> | run Microsoft's next operating system, Windows Vista. It's a major
> | departure for the company, which historically has left design to the
> | likes of Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Gateway. Persuading the hardware
> | guys to embrace the toolkit won't be easy. They're already working
> | overtime to build better-looking gear on their own.
> `----
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> http://tinyurl.com/kkam5 (msn.com)
This is probably an anti-trust issue.
Micoshaft is a monopoly and if they start specifying patented
hardware to work with their software then its bad news for
all independent hardware manufacturers who will then be required
to license that patented feature even if alternatives exist.
Manufacturers should seek urgent
redress with the EU and other competition authorities.
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