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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:21 AM Original message |
The end of Microsoft? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good rtiddance to a company who never saw an industry standard it couldn't corrupt. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. And people wonder why apps run like shit and don't return valid results. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Yep. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Hey, if it weren't so entrenched... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. You don't remember the DOS era, did you? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
143. And the fact that they have been rewarded for that says a lot about us. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not even close. Hell, it's not even the middle of Microsoft. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Morphing |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. + 80,000,000,000 n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Looking at its stock, it isn't going anywhere. What the writer |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I wouldn't say they maintained the status quo, especially with the newer versions of their Server OS |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. With cloud computing, platform will mean little to the user. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Until you can come up with SECURE cloud computing, it won't become a standard. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. How long has it taken to build a secure web browser? |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. You really don't know much about how businesses need to operate do you? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
73. I wasn't saying that cloud computing is now secure, I'm an |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Please.... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Yep, and they are still using IE6. The cloud is dependent on |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. You are assuming everyone is doing *everything* on the go. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The article is about corporate culture, not specific devices. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. The I-pad is not intended to take over for the desktop or laptop though... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
78. You are forgetting the games, the eBooks, the maps, e-mail |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #78 |
104. Here is a MAJOR limitation on Pages for the IPAD |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. It is a media delivery system, it is not a netbook replacement. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Alas not according to Steve Jobs |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. We'll see what the 3g model does. Yeah the air was a beautiful |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. And so is this |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. I won't even consider buying one until the end of the year. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #115 |
119. EBAY might be my friend |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #119 |
126. A new fridge, new mattress, dental work, water heater and |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. You know, an Olympus E-PL1 or Lumix GF1 might come |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #113 |
128. Right - this is the kind of thing I'm saying... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #128 |
137. Well I went to get Word today at the Mac Store |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. Um, VMware Server is free, and so are the unixes you should run it on. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Actually, to set up a fully implemented VMWare environment that will host |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. VMware server is completely free. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. From VMWare's own site |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. From VMWare's own site: |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I see, so the $5,000 fee for the host license is just for people that actually |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Are you missing the part about the FREE license to run VMware server? |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Are you missing the part where Hyper-V server is free? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. HyperV is free, to be run on expensive MS operating systems. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Hyper-V Server is a stand alone product |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
99. VM is FAR ahead of their counterparts. MS missed the boat |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:43 AM Response to Reply #99 |
122. Cost is the main reason we went with Hyper-V |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
123. I run both and can confirm you are correct. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #123 |
133. Shhhh, wouldn't want to disturb him with the facts now would we? n/t |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
93. Vmotion, drs and ha (and the M$ products similar to) |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. IBM has been running virtual instances for at least 15 years. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Did they do that as part of an already established network architecture and OS |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. No, unfortunately thier rollout was buzzword free. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. So what you're saying is that it was worthless for most businesses |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. Nope. Nice try with the willful ignorance, though. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. So tell me, how exactly would an FDA regulated company reliant on |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #81 |
117. I dunno, but I'd guess that if you knew wtf you were speaking |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:25 AM Response to Reply #117 |
120. So you're talking about environments that the vast majority of companies |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #120 |
124. I like you. You have spunk. No credit for changing directions. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. Ahhh, isn't that cute, senseless accusations. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. All that perty verbiage and not ONE specific title, program, OS or |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. You really don't know anything about software validation in regulated environments do you? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. But-but-but- you said |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. You really don't quite understand what I said do you? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Well... |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:04 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. LMAO, you do NOT know what you're talking about. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. I"ve GOT IT!!!! |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Mmmmhmmmm. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. Neener neener neener. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
69. I Really Want To Know How Many Enterprises Have Ripped Up Microsoft's Products |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
70. I Heard About That Apple Strategy Going Back to the 80s |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
96. I always caution when people look at limited time horizons. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. Apple will not be anywhere as important as Microsoft UNTIL they create software that |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. That was kind of my point :). |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Good point, but MS licensing is so cheap, Apple may never want to compete |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
106. OS 10 when it is pre installed in a machine |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
129. Yep, and with Microsoft OCS they will only become more dominant |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. Why do tech pundits always always write in such bombastic and hyperbolic ways? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Because Americans will believe pretty much anything they say. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You have to grab the reader's attention. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
72. To Get You To Make A Post Like You Just Made |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Really? I thought it was to get people to have emotional reactions like this... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. Yes, Just Like That |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Jobs or someone named after a fictional gas giant planet? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Sorry. Calm Down |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #91 |
105. oooh! Your projection skills are pretty advanced! |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. Thanks for the Compliment |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. It still remains to be seen whether the Apple mobile paradigm will really take over. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. MS has to overcome a bad public image and butt ugly design |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Have you seen the design for Phone 7? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. It's not just Apple, it is a combination of Apple and other |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Because we all know that an iPhone will completely upset the whole structure |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. No, the iPhone was part of an evolution away from the |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. No, the iPhone was a cell phone with some fancy additional features. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
74. Computers used for gaming are toys. the iPhone is a phone, |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Now if the iPhone were just a phone, you wouldn't be defending it so heavily. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. Toy is how you use it. If you use it as a PDA/Phone, then |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:26 AM Response to Reply #90 |
121. Yeah, then it's something that's easily equalled if not surpassed by an Android device which |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #121 |
125. That's what competition is all about. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. WTF? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. SSL? |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
114. Is it possible for an html or pdf form which sends its data to an email address |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
145. Very informative post |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. No |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Meh. I can't stand Apple right now. They are the new Microsoft imo. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Microsoft should look at Sony |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
95. If Apple ever starts selling MAC as a standalone OS.... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. IBM? |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Hell, not just decades, next year will be IBM's 100th anniversary |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. They got their butts kicked, but did the right things to survive. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. IBM got its butt kicked? When was that? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Some people still think all IBM does is make personal computers |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. It started in the late 80s. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. and started making snowcones, I guess |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
76. Back in the OS/2 days. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. OS/2 was a mere fraction of what IBM did though. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #83 |
94. I was talking time frame. They had a few slow years. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #83 |
100. IBM files more patents every year than any other company |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #76 |
87. In the OS/2 days? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #87 |
103. I believe UofK used an IBM mainframe when I went there in the 70's |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Any time I hear the word "paradigm" my BS meter goes off. I hate that worthless word! |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
107. Second that! |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. That question mark at the end of the title tells you all you need to know |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. I had no problems with Microsoft |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. End of the music business - Yes. End of Microsoft - BWAHAHAHAH!!! |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
28. Microsoft isn't going away anytime soon. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. Uh, yeah... sure... |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
44. Netscape Navigator is laughing from heaven. knr nt |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. LOL. Microsoft isn't going anywhere anytime soon. They are way too entrenched. |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. Not even close.... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Windows 7 IS right, I have been converting my home systems |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
71. Or maybe the end of Apple's bubble they got going, there? |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
79. What's that a graph of? |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. That graph represents a timeline displaying the calculated trend showing an increase in |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
80. Not in our lifetime |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
86. Oh please |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
88. Most people are using Google from a Microsoft OS |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
92. You mean of the dominance of one aspect of the market |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
97. As one who uses Linux/Open Source apps/OpenOffice, Microsoft will continue to thrive |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
98. Sure, Exchange, Sharepoint, SQL server, etc |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. As long as you have an IT dept. constantly managing virus eruptions and security flaws... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. I run windows only in vmland now. |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #101 |
116. Job Security - No one ever got fired choosing M$ or IBM is the old cliche - however I prefer Amazon |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
111. Uh...right. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
118. You forgot this smilie |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
135. HP kills Windows7 based slate, buys Palm WebOS instead. |
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MkapX (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
136. NOOOO! |
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