Innovation: The REAL Killer App
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| There is no true innovation in Windows Vista. Microsoft has spent
| years developing a product that nobody cared about or wanted. All
| Microsoft was developing was the operating system they needed to
| perpetuate their Windows franchise. After long hold ups in
| development, this has left their Windows revenues at a trickle.
| The sad thing is the GNU/Linux camp has done little to combat
| this deficiency in innovation. They have been more concerned
| with creating an equivalent product at a better price rather than
| a better product at a better price. Sure GNU/Linux is a better
| product due to its inherent stability, performance and security,
| but these aren't the features that home consumers migrate
| platforms for. True innovation, such as improvements in usability,
| is the only way one can convince consumers to choose your product
| over a stagnant entrenched one like Windows. It is simple free
| market economics, the better product at the best price will win.
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http://free2code.blogspot.com/2007/04/innovation-real-killer-app.html
Beryl, window miniatures, transparent video vs. old PC
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| Even on an old PC (graphics card: generic GeForce 2 MX), Beryl can hold
| its own. This video was shot at 640×480 because the CPU could not
| capture video fast enough at higher resolutions, but the same
| experiment runs fluidly at 1024×768 when not capturing video.
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http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/04/20/beryl-window-miniatures-transparent-video-vs-old-pc/
The wall plugin for Beryl
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| For those of you who know how advantageous it is to have multiple
| desktops: imagine being able to hit a key on your keyboard, and
| have all the desktops show in a single screen, tiled like a wall of bricks.
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http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/04/20/the-wall-plugin-for-beryl/
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