____/ waterskidoo on Friday 06 July 2007 03:47 : \____
> On 2007-07-06, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ____/ waterskidoo on Thursday 05 July 2007 19:54 : \____
>
>>
>> It's not just a way of introducing people to Linux, but also a valuable
>> Swiss army knife to those who travel. The 'no obligation' nature of Live CDs
>> motivates many of them to give it a go. ShipIt means there's no financial
>> obligation either.
>
> Good points. I never thought of that angle. I used to carry a knoppix DVD to
> use for system recovery whenever I did any traveling. Now I carry my
> DSL on USB key.
When Google's cloud (or others') matures sufficiently, none of this will be
necessary. The O/S that hosts will boot will be chosen based on traits such as
security, stability, and cost, as opposed to applications that run on them
(they only truly require a Web browser). Microsoft understands this. Web-based
applications alleviate compatibility woes. Microsoft isn't stupid and it
forsaw this in the mid-ninetees when it decided to 'kill' Netscape and later
freeze browser development (capabilities), which a monopoly secured by lockins
(e.g. ActiveX) enables one to do.
Microsoft likes it when we are left in the past. No need for R&D, no changes,
no startups emerging. In late 2008 it plans to introduce (along with an Asia
partner) the 'innovation' of a USB key that holds your Windows settings. Be
prepared. Linux users will respond in the same way as Tiger users did when
they saw Vista RTM demos.
Microsoft -- following everybody else's footsteps, but always staying ahead (in
terms of 'market share').
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