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    • Microsoft Did Us a Favor - Andreessen [view article]
      re: Who the H-E-double hockey sticks would want to support thousands of
      disparate devices? Or even try...Isn't that a fool's game?


      No, it is not a fool's game. There are thousands of hardware developers
      and manufacturers around the globe. This is a whole industry. Microsoft
      is a leader in software development for PC market, but there are huge
      companies that create hardware. Lots of jobs created in manufacturing,
      support etc. If Microsoft would be like Apple creating their own computer
      and after that choosing only one CDrom manufacturer for their computer,
      only one CPU for their computer, only one memory manufacturer - than in
      that case thousands of companies would stop to exist. We would loose 10%
      of stockmarket overnight.

      Like it or not, Microsoft creates the market, Apple is a good business
      but it doesn't create a new market. Apple is a very good company, good
      business, with very innovative products, but it didn't change the market
      like Microsoft did. Microsoft doesn't have falshy toys, but they are good
      for the economy. It is easy to discuss now how cool Apple is, but where
      was it when the main task was simply to put a computer on every desk in
      every house?



      re: That's why windows is imploding, collapsing under its own weight like
      a drunken elephant. Show some awareness, people. Any company that tries
      to be all things to all people becomes nothing in the end. Go Apple. Think
      Different.

      Who told you that it is collapsing? Not enough people convert to vistas?
      Ok, they like a lot Windows XP, so what? I understand that you use Apple
      computers, but do you really have to be so subjective? Closing your eyes
      and ignoring reality won't make you right.



      re: Windows is to Computer Operating Systems what the Rotary Dial Phone
      was to your telephone. It's a dinosaur and Steve Ballmer just doesn't get
      it. An open source BSD based Operating system that runs on multiple chipsets
      efficiently and elegantly with an intuitive user interface and now has gone
      mobile is the future.
      OS X


      Mobile operating systems not sticky. Not at this point. For instance you
      buy a PC and you start using windows, you stuck with it for a long time in
      most cases. You use it because you like it. Yes, yes, you Apple guys will
      start to scream now: "no I don't like it, I hate it!". The reality is that
      there are many options on the market, but nothing compared to Windows at this
      point. Apple will be able to convert people into OS x only if they continue
      to introduce nice looking hardware designs. Windows is sticky it makes people
      use it for a long time. If you buy a mobile phone like iPhone for instance,
      it doesn't make you to use it for a long time. I easily switched to Nokia E90
      because it is better, and I will switch to something else if it would be a lot
      better.




      Microsoft problems

      There are some problems coming for Microsoft though. Technology attracted
      millions of people to computers, and now vast majority of them use computer
      only for purpose of going online. Microsoft will be facing with problems to
      sell their "offline" operating system later on. Instead of trying to catch
      google in search, they should think about creating "online os" in addition
      to the "offline os" what they currently have. I know they are working in this
      direction.       Apr 26 11:41 AM
    • Microsoft Did Us a Favor - Andreessen [view article]
      It is very fashinable to talk about Microsoft, I mean to talk
      bad about things about the company. To say something bad about
      the company is considered tobe very cool usually among uneducated
      people. You hear people all the time saying: "vista sucks",
      "windows not good", "word is not working". I am surprised that
      you are going to the same level. I am sorry, but you sound like
      an idiot.
      What other options do you have? Linux? Mac OS? Apple can't even
      make a good operating system controlling their own hardware
      production. I want to see them come up with the operating system
      that will support thousands of hardware devices currently on the
      market. Like them or not, Microsoft is the only company that could
      pull it together.       Apr 25 07:49 PM
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