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Microsoft makes hard decisions easier

Posted by Sander_Marechal on · 2 comments
ZDNet Blogs; By Rupert Goodwins
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Let's pretend that we're OEMs. Original Equipment Manufacturers, the people who design and build the actual hardware which finds its way onto desks, into backpacks and under thumbs. We make it run a Microsoft operating system, because that's how we get to all the applications software, and we sell it as a better, cheaper (sometimes more stylish -- but mostly cheaper) way to run Microsoft. But next season is 2008. Suddenly, three things have happened...

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Comments (2)

>Linux doesn't work all the time either - but at least it doesn't charge for the privilege,....<

What a great selling point.
"Unix is user-friendly. It's just picky about who its friends are."

As opposed to Windows, which spreads just about every binary social disease it touches.

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