
Ars
analyses the concept of a modular Windows, and concludes:
"Modularization - and the discriminatory pricing it permits - might appeal to accountants and economists. But it is bad for consumers, bad for Windows, and ultimately, bad for Microsoft. A modularized Windows, or worse still, a modularized subscription-based Windows, undermines the purpose and value of the Windows OS. If it comes to pass it will surely sound the death knell of the entire Windows platform."
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2005-12-04
You read my mind perfectly. As far as I'm concerned, I can do the majority of my "work" on Linux. To me, Windows has become nothing more than a glorified gaming platform. I'd gladly take a version of Windows for gaming - why bother with all that stupid eye candy when you aren't going to be seeing it for more time than it takes for Spore or Crysis to load?