Your Tech Night Owl Newsletter

Started by frailer, November 23, 2008, 11:39:58 PM

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frailer

Got almaink to thank for this site, from memory, but shall post reminders for the Tech Night Owl Newsletter if it shows stuff of particular interest, which it often does. This week there's the author's summing up of where he thinks Microsoft is headed.

http://www.macnightowl.com/newsletter/
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jezza

Nice link Frailer/Alma and a fairly well balanced article

It's not clear what's gonna kill MS, but if it happens I won't be surprised
one sick prepress mofo

ratintrap

Did anyone notice the Microsoft death watch story amongst the older articles?

-Rat

jezza

one sick prepress mofo

G_Town


tapdn

usually fried mate - sometimes pickled - often scrambled - never beaten
~ Sir B. Monsteaure
No, he's well within his rights to diss cake. Pie, on the other hand, is waaaayyyy off limits.
~Youston
I'm just a stupid printer WTF do I know
~Farabomb

Joe

You have to wear special glasses to see it. :tongue:
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The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills and wills.

tapdn

usually fried mate - sometimes pickled - often scrambled - never beaten
~ Sir B. Monsteaure
No, he's well within his rights to diss cake. Pie, on the other hand, is waaaayyyy off limits.
~Youston
I'm just a stupid printer WTF do I know
~Farabomb


G_Town


tapdn

Ninja don't need no stinking glasses!!
usually fried mate - sometimes pickled - often scrambled - never beaten
~ Sir B. Monsteaure
No, he's well within his rights to diss cake. Pie, on the other hand, is waaaayyyy off limits.
~Youston
I'm just a stupid printer WTF do I know
~Farabomb

tapdn

...but seriously folks, I see a few things that could happen to hasten micro$oft's demise:
Windose 7 is as big a flop as Vista.
Current crop of PCs become obsolete and need replacing.
Apple releases a PeeCee version of OSX.
usually fried mate - sometimes pickled - often scrambled - never beaten
~ Sir B. Monsteaure
No, he's well within his rights to diss cake. Pie, on the other hand, is waaaayyyy off limits.
~Youston
I'm just a stupid printer WTF do I know
~Farabomb

Joe

Quote from: tapdn on November 25, 2008, 02:47:05 PM...but seriously folks, I see a few things that could happen to hasten micro$oft's demise:
Windose 7 is as big a flop as Vista.
Current crop of PCs become obsolete and need replacing.
Apple releases a PeeCee version of OSX.

Is that even possible?

I could be wrong, it happens a lot  :tongue: , but I don't see Apple ever releasing their grip on the hardware they alone control. If they release a PeeCee version of OS X why would anyone buy their more expensive hardware, which is a big deal to them not to mention the support headaches? (See: Microsoft VISTA trying to be everything to everyone and having to write drivers for about a bazillion different hardware products.)

I can't see Microsoft going anywhere in my lifetime. There are just too many PC drones out there that will keep buying Windows PC's because they are deathly afraid of trying anything else.
Mac OS Sonoma 14.2.1 (c) | (retired)

The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills and wills.

ratintrap


tapdn

I don't see it happening either, Joe, but peecee people would have to have some attractive alternative operating system that would be compatible with all their bean counting software and label printers.
usually fried mate - sometimes pickled - often scrambled - never beaten
~ Sir B. Monsteaure
No, he's well within his rights to diss cake. Pie, on the other hand, is waaaayyyy off limits.
~Youston
I'm just a stupid printer WTF do I know
~Farabomb