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   From: mistik.dayii@gmail.com   
      
   17 Aralık 2012 Pazartesi 11:49:48 UTC+2 tarihinde Greegor yazdı:   
   > Microsoft's big opportunities to sell new versions of   
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   > Windows used to accompany hardware 6x faster   
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   > This entails huge costs, much greater than the   
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   > mere cost of computers and Windows.   
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   > Adapting or replacing old, expensive or proprietary   
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   > software is a huge expense, as is any retraining   
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   > caused by such changes.   
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   > But these huge expenses were seen as   
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   > worthwhile because of the 6x speed increase.   
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   > Those days are over.   
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   > The applications that pay the bills for large   
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   > corporate users are things like order entry,   
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   > order recall, inventory, database, telephone   
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   > services scripts (Oracle) and word processing.   
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   > One outfit has about 150 computer workstations   
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   > in one room alone, plus about 30 more among   
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   > offices and operation center.  But they have   
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   > about 25 such locations.  Upgrading from XP   
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   > would offer them no advantage whatsoever.   
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   > Even though an operating system is crucial   
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   > for a computer, it is nonetheless a minor fraction   
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   > of the overall cost.  If Microsoft is going to force   
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   > that MASS of old computers to be replaced with   
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   > no real advantage and for no real reason aside   
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   > from the marketing needs of Microsoft, it becomes   
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   > a bit like the tail wagging the dog.   
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   > What does Microsoft get per new OEM computer   
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   > with Win8?  Maybe $30?   Yet they expect to   
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   > force old systems to be scrapped and new computers   
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   > which provide no actual advantage to be purchased   
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   > at about $700 per system??  Just to fulfill Microsoft's   
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   > MARKETING NEEDS??   
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   > To force corporate customer service centers to   
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   > landfill/scrap all of those WinXP-Pro computers   
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   > by cutting off revised SECURITY UPDATES   
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   > is blatantly a MARKETING PLOY by Microsoft.   
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   > And not a very nice one.   
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   > Cutesy tiles instead of icons?  Big deal.   
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   > How about that Android, eh?   
      
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