__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 16 June 2006 16:35 \__
> Every XP box cast off because it can't handle Vista will be an easy win
> for Linux. And every XP box kept on XP because Vista plus new hardware
> costs too much will mean one fewer copy of Vista. Sort of a lose-lose
> situation for Microsoft.
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| / | Aye. I believe that Gates was very well | \ |
| / | aware of this. They raised the feature | \ |
| / | and eye candy (pre-installed plug-ins | \ |
| / | and bloatware) bar too high and, in the | \ |
| / | process, they excluded too much | \ |
| / | hardware. It was either this or the | \ |
| / | delivery of something lighter, such as | \ |
| / | Windows 2000. But sight can be | \ |
| / | deceiving, so they wrapped XP (Service | \ |
| / | Pack III) in a nice-looking robe. Wait | \ |
| / | until you see people's reaction: either | \ |
| / | to cost (new hardware) or degraded | \ |
| / | performance (allow time for Registry | \ |
| / | bloat and worms to take their toll). | \ |
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Best wishes,
Roy
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