Re: Windows 10

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From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Windows 10
Date	Tue, 16 Jun 2015 06:10:05 +1000
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"Clocky" <notgonna@happen.com> wrote in message 
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> On 15/06/2015 3:43 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Clocky" <notgonna@happen.com> wrote in message
>> news:557da40a$0$2911$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com...
>>> On 5/06/2015 6:20 AM, felix_unger wrote:
>>>> On 03-June-2015 8:52 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Clocky" <notgonna@happen.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:556eb761$0$12910$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com...
>>>>>> On 3/06/2015 1:22 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:ct7455F645gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>> On 03-June-2015 7:51 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:ct54d9Fkl9tU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>> On 02-June-2015 3:22 PM, SG1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> news:ct4ncdFhls0U2@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Is everyone going to get their free copy?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Just replied on the W7 Ult machine will have to fire up the
>>>>>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>>>>>> to check. At this stage will be
>>>>>>>>>>> 5 copies.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> why are they doing this?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Because all their competition does that now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> what competition?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Mac OS-X, iOS, android, Linux.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> everyone uses M$
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not anymore now that so many are
>>>>>>> using tablets and smartphones now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's true though most I know still have a home PC at this stage.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plenty I know don’t use them much at all anymore.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess they are wanting to hang on to that market for as long as
>>>>>> possible.
>>>>>
>>>>> MS has noticed that they never did get that many upgrading
>>>>> and that almost all of their sales was with new hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Linux on the desktop is effectively dead
>>>>>
>>>>> Nope, just a microscopic share of the desktop market.
>>>>>
>>>>>> and is of no consequence.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is what runs on the absolute vast bulk of
>>>>> tablets and smartphones and even Macs now.
>>>>
>>>> most phones use android
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yep, and that's nothing like a Linux desktop.
>>
>> But its very like linux underneath.

> Nothing visible, which is why it's successful ;-)

Not when so many of the distros are now virtually indistinguishable
from Win except by those who know quite a bit about OSs.

>>> Linux on the desktop was a no-show mostly because there were too many 
>>> distros, too many arseholes in the community making life hard for noobs 
>>> and there was bugger all support for Linux.

>> Its was a no show for the same reason Win is dying,
>> most are moving to tablets and phones now.

> It was a no show 20 years ago

Yes.

> and things haven't improved.

They have with it being very close to what is used
on the absolute vast bulk of tablets and phones now.

Win has died in the arse on tablets and phones and
fuck all desktops are sold anymore to ordinary users.

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