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| Thread ID: 62140 | 2005-09-28 01:38:00 | Bill$ Worst Nightmare | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 391533 | 2005-09-28 14:34:00 | It'$ $imple: I ju$t like to twi$t Bill'$ tail a little. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 391534 | 2005-09-28 22:08:00 | Dont like Windows? Use ReactOS! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 391535 | 2005-09-28 23:04:00 | ReactOS is a nt4 clone isn't it? | Greven (91) | ||
| 391536 | 2005-09-29 07:25:00 | ReactOS is a nt4 clone isn't it? Kind of, more a compatible OS I believe, or even an emulator of sorts. Now what is NT a clone of (kind of)? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 391537 | 2005-09-29 09:01:00 | Yes, NT Clone, but Open-source! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 391538 | 2005-09-30 00:50:00 | What about Chinese manufacturing? I think they'll soon be making a basic un-upgradeable solid-state throw away PC . No spinning hard drives, no moving parts at all, flash sticks for removeable media, no space in the box for upgrades of anything, small, cheap and disposable, like hi-fis and TVs and all the other consumer durables . As for the OS they've already been talking about Asianux, some distro adapted for a mass end-user PC with few or no custumisable options . |
mark c (247) | ||
| 391539 | 2005-09-30 01:03:00 | Google has been sneaking around buying up dark fibre and testing wireless networks in big US cities. They have also been buying up content companies and trying to build digital libraries and such. Maybe they will introduce an OS as the final piece in the puzzle - total "ownership"of the computing experience from OS to access to content. All free, but full of advertising. There is absolutely no point in putting out and supporting a whole new standalone OS, when there are so so many around already. As for cheap asian PCs with solid-state drives, it will have to compete with cheap, second-hand traditional PCs that are readily available very cheaply. And watch out when the Vista momentum starts. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 391540 | 2005-09-30 01:24:00 | All things fall given time, and MS are already suffocating under their own weight, I couldn't guess as to the time frame but at some stage something will be able to compete with Winsuck for the desktop market. I can think of many more things which are more likely to fall first than Microsoft. Besides, Gates has a pretty fat wallet to fall onto. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 391541 | 2005-09-30 01:40:00 | um....is that a point? I could name a dozen companies that are ready to fall over, still doesn't change the fact that market dominence never lasts forever, look at IBM, Sega, Nintendo, The Pommy car industry, the American car industry, Fentucky Fried Chicken.......The PC Company..... If the key MS products stop selling in huge numbers (Office and OS's) their big fat wallets will do nothing to save them, The machine is huge and needs not only constant feeding but larger portions as it grows. If the Monolopy is broken then MS are in deep deep trouble, Thats not saying that the company would fold but would take a massive change in structure. It needs to be noticed that the PC market is still in ints infancy, if we pick DOS as a start point then its still only 20 years young, In 50 years time many of todays big guns wont even be around anymore. ...And no one will even remember Windows Vista, it will exsist maybe in a couple of musems and in the odd textbook.... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 391542 | 2005-09-30 01:42:00 | And watch out when the Vista momentum starts . I sincerely hope all the greedy sods get badly burnt . In reality, lemmings will do what lemmings do, a fair few corporates will drag their hells, as they have done with XP but, M$ have them lined up from way back with their shiny licencing schemes . |
Murray P (44) | ||
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