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Microsoft phases out Windows 98.
Xeen:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
Forsake hardware sales, their main revenue stream? I think not.
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Well I don't know anything about business and such, but personally I think that if Apple were to do that, MS would die within a short time and Apple could take over their share of the market.
Laukev7:
quote:Originally posted by xeen:
Well I don't know anything about business and such, but personally I think that if Apple were to do that, MS would die within a short time and Apple could take over their share of the market.
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That's a premature assumption. They would have to convince not only Windows developpers, but Mac developpers as well to port their software to the x86 version of Mac OS X, which would take quite a long time. Since Microsoft has a stronghold on PC OEMs, Apple would have a hard time convincing them, especially Dell, to bundle their OS with their computers. In the mean time, they would lose their hardware sales, because the Mac would lose a huge sales point, and might go bankrupt well before people start buying Mac OS X x86 (provided, of course, that they want it, let alone actually pay for it).
Kintaro:
OS-X is like a model in LA, A model drinking perrier doing cocain is LA.
Its not even that good, its just got a polished interface. At least Microsoft take the courtsy to put a stupid interface with there stupid operating system, rather then lieing to you.
xyle_one:
OSX is what Linux should be. Its easy. It works. And it has all the fucking unix you need if you feel like jumping into the deep end of the pool.
hm_murdock:
<mocking>I'm a Linux pussy who doesn't know what a real OS is</mocking>
Dude, piss off with your Linux bullshit.
I run a microkernel under the hood. I can run OS X and OS 9 side-by-side... yes... I can run TWO OSES SIMULTANEOUSLY in separate memory areas.
My OS has advanced features that come from a superior object-oriented design that comes from NeXTStep, with a heritage over 16 years old, using tried-and-true APIs and frameworks.
Guess what... OS X doesn't use the shitty ass graphics layer that you are a namesake of... that's right... X11, that outdated, outmoded piece of shit.
Real men use their computer to get work done, not to fuck around with shitty config files.
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