Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 6th Apr 2008 09:38 UTC, submitted by Francis Kuntz
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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RE[2]: One can only hope...
by axilmar on Mon 7th Apr 2008 17:28
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Ok so I don't really hope the Windows platform goes away completely. There should always be competition.
You said it. I wouldn't want to see Linux, BSD, Solaris or whatever taking 95% of the marketshare.
You can argue that these OS are free software, but you get the point.
Having at least 3 majors OS to force interoperability would result in free as in speech standards.
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"If it comes to pass it will surely sound the death knell of the entire Windows platform."
Ok so I don't really hope the Windows platform goes away completely. There should always be competition. However I'd love to see OS X -- or something even better -- take over as the mainstream platform. It would also be nice to see FOSS operating systems triple in use, especially in education and research areas. It's going to take a major blunder by Microsoft, like the one this article predicts, to make that happen.
Personally though, I just don't see it coming about this way. Computing trends are slow grinds and when it does come time to see a shift in the way we use computers, Microsoft may not even be the company it is today. They may well be a small player overall and possibly out of the OS market completely, focusing on hardware and support software only. They already are trying to think ahead with the Surface project, and the time may come where they only design and sell interfaces to the computers of tomorrow.
Edit: Forgot there are no blockquotes allowed again...
Edited 2008-04-06 10:18 UTC