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Microsoft Midori: That Sounds Familiar?
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| I just read this article on the BBC’s website.
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| Apart from being a complete waste of screen space from a serious point of
| view, there were a few tit-bits that seemed worth looking at:
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| Windows worked well in an age when most people used one machine to do all
| their work. The operating system acted as the holder for the common
| elements Windows programs needed to call on.
|
| “Windows worked well…”. Did it? Really? When? Never heard of that before.
| lol.
|
| [...]
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| This means, he said, that Windows can struggle with more modern ways of
| working in which people are very mobile and very promiscuous in the
| devices they use to get at their data - be that pictures, spreadsheets or
| e-mail.
|
| What? You mean like when these people don’t use Windows? And they realise
| that all their stuff is tied into some M$ application software that ONLY
| works on Windows. Well, tough luck; that’s what happens when you play with
| monopolies. Try using Open Standards and Open Applications (like
| OpenOffice.org) instead.
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http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/08/04/microsoft-midori-that-sounds-familiar/
Recent:
Open the Windows; the Stench is Unbearable
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| If some of this technology were an automobile, it would be banned from the
| road. It may not have rolled over and killed anyone, but it certainly has
| rolled over and died. It should come with a warning label, “Unsafe at any
| speed.” Look at how quickly and frequently global commerce gets disrupted
| using it.
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http://advice.cio.com/ken_harris/open_the_windows_the_stench_is_unbearable
Microsoft has serious plans to do away with Windows
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| This isn't the 90s anymore. In the aftermath of the Vista sales flop, Windows
| is no longer an automatic choice.
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| [...]
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| Even if Microsoft does pull the trigger, I can't see Midori showing up until
| 2013. By that time, it may be too late to stem Microsoft's decline. Still, I
| find it interesting that Microsoft is even considering a radical operating
| system shift. This really isn't Bill Gates' Microsoft.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/microsoft_has_serious_plans_to_do_away_with_windows
Microsoft loses 90 Billion Dollars [in less than a year]
http://slated.org/microsoft_loses_90_billion_dollars
Microsoft to kill Windows with 'web-centric' Midori?
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| Microsoft continues to downplay the importance of Midori by saying it is just
| a research project.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/30/microsoft_midori_technical_details/
Microsoft upset over HP, Dell packaging Windows XP over Vista
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| 11 percent have already made the switch to Mac OS X or Linux. Sorry
| Microsoft, the outlook isn’t getting any better.
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http://vista.blorge.com/2008/08/02/microsoft-upset-over-hp-dell-packaging-windows-xp-over-vista/
Vista: DOA in the Enterprise
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| The really bad news for Microsoft: the number of business PCs running Windows
| XP increased from 2007 to 2008—three times the increase in the percentage of
| PCs running Vista.
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| Perhaps worse: The majority of businesses waiting for Vista—meaning those
| running older Windows versions—migrated to XP instead. Microsoft had counted
| on Windows 2000 and older versions to go to Vista. The newest Windows saw
| some conversion, but XP got much more.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/vista_doa_in_the_enterprise.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/5by7m4
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