Advanced

Imagine a Microsoft-Free Life

Posted by mecrider on · 5 comments
ABC News; By Michael S. Malone 		Mail this story
Print this story

Has the time come at last to live a Microsoft-free life? That thought crossed my mind yesterday morning as I read an announcement from IBM that (with Canonical Inc.) it was offering a new Linux-based virtual desktop suite that, at user prices as low as $59, would compete directly with the iconic Microsoft Office.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Groups: IBM, Linux, Microsoft

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (5)

bigg ·
Quoting:For one thing, for everyday folks, Linux is still a pain in the butt to use, its user interface still showing too much of its geek roots.


That's a lie. Plain and simple. No need to even debate the point - it's just a flat-out lie.
jacog ·
Also referring to "it's [Linux] user interface" is a bizarre thing to say.

What IS Linux's user interface exactly?
azerthoth ·
oops, wrong thread
jezuch ·
Quoting:What IS Linux's user interface exactly?


System calls? Well, yeah, it's an interface straight from the '70's, might be kinda "showing too much of its geek roots"...
tracyanne ·
Other than that, horrendously wrong statement, the article was quite interesting, It was mostly about using a virtual machine to provide security for the client OS. My real reservation is that the VM kernel appears, to me, to be proprietary, and is, therefore, it selfe protected by obscurity, and we know how well that works.

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post