Media reports that Microsoft Corp is working to integrate RFID programs into the Windows operating system were inaccurate, Microsoft said yesterday.
Microsoft Denies Reports Of RFID In Windows
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Had Windows been Free Software the RFID FEATURES WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED AND THE COMINITY WOULD BE BENEFITING FROM IT BY NOW.
The reports misstated Microsoft group product manager Scott Woodgate’s comments about the company’s upcoming RFID software working on – and not in – Windows
As we all know very well, there is no difference whatsoever between Microsoft software that works on, and inside, Windows. Duh.
I believe the idea that the author was trying to convey was that it works on Windows as Word works windows and is sold seperately as opposed to working in windows and is sold as a part of windows, like Internet Exploiter.
I believe the idea that the author was trying to convey was that it works on Windows as Word works windows and is sold seperately
Oh wow. So people will be able to use different RFID software in the same way as people are able to use different office suites?
The point that I made was that there ends up simply being no difference between software bundled in Windows and that sold seperately. Microsoft always provides support for software sold seperately directly in Windows itself.
> As we all know very well, there is no difference
> whatsoever between Microsoft software that works
> on, and inside, Windows. Duh.
And what’s so bad about blurring the traditional, arbitrary line between OS and applications? Welcome to new software architecture concepts that aren’t the 10^99+1st Unix clone.
I really hope some MS rivals finally accept this as a good idea and use it to keep up the competition against MS’s monopoly.
– Morin
To add to my own comment: This is not to say that it will or will not require special components inside Windows itself. MS is unlikely to publish that information to the general public. This kind of integration and modularity has somehow earned MS a bad reputation, probably due to the fact that those internal Windows components (read: IE’s HTML rendering) were poorly-written, full of bugs, and full of security holes as swiss cheese – although the general modular approach is almost-proven to be superior. However, the combination of components begin poorly written AND not replaceable was clearly not a clever move.
I really hope some MS rivals finally accept this as a good idea and use it to keep up the competition against MS’s monopoly.
I have to agree with you there though, and I think if Microsoft’s rivals could take this on board they would have huge success since you should be able to plug anything into it, unlike with Microsoft. The question is, will they?
What the hell is RFID ?
Radio Frequency IDentification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID
Thanks