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Bill Gates interview on Longhorn - funny and informative

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Commander:

quote:Originally posted by -=Solaris.M.K.A=-:
I can see a lot of longwhore machines pilling up in the weekly trash!
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i need to find the junkyard fast......  if u r right (which u r), free boxes awaits me!!  :D

solarismka:
I never thought of it that way, cool I could use a good coffie table.    :D

black crow:
I'm sure those Longhorn crapboxes could still be useful - as boat anchors  :D  

yet another ugly product from M$ aka Bastards Inc.

- black crow

WMD:

quote:If you want a thin client, we have that with Windows terminal server, and Longhorn will have terminal server capabilities so that you can project out the Longhorn richness onto thin clients.
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If I ever agreed with anything Bill ever said, this is it.  :eek:

However, given MS's track record, this is probably either exaggerated, or it won't work correctly.  :(

Plus, of course, as jtpenrod said, Linux was built on exactly this.

LukeHashJ:
From a programmer's standpoint, I have a few things to say.

Think about it logically, if one program crashes, it won't actually -crash- the other program. Say program A (we'll pretend its IE) calls to program B (we'll pretend its Outlook Express) to get the addresses in your address book, and then IE crashes due to some problem in the code, it won't crash Outlook, because outlook is not dependent on Internet Explorer. On the other hand, if Outlook were to crash while Internet Explorer was calling for the address book, Internet Explorer would simply return an Error. They aren't stupid.

It's a simple thing to code, really, and I promise they can manage.

try { this } catch (exception e) {and do this}

If microsoft really wanted to make serious cash flow, not only would they develop a new Office dependent upon their new operating system, but continue to innovate and update their XP and previous versions, so those who feel comfortable with their older operating systems can continue to buy microsoft products and be happy. Microsoft is happy, the consumer is happy. Any problems?

Also, people don't -have- to buy the new windows. They don't -have- to buy microsoft office. There are plenty of free alternatives out there, such as StarOffice, which I personally use. Also, why would someone go out of their way to buy the MSOffice dependent on Longhorn, when they already have OfficeXP? It just makes no sense, and it won't happen. There is no "forcing" of buying products here.

As far as the cost of the OS goes, i think that's just a bunch of horseshit. We all know it will end up in the 100$ + range. Let's not play stupid and follow Mr. Sheepherder Bill =P

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