Search results matching tags 'Linux' and 'OS'

RE: China Outs First MeeGo Powered Tablet

mhenriday — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:17:50 GMT

Hope HotHardware will stay on this and submit the device to a test heads on with Apple's product when it is released !...

Henri

RE: Kiss Windows XP Goodbye on New Netbooks

mhenriday — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:40:12 GMT

Wouldn't it be wonderful if netbooks - and other computers - didn't come with pre-installed operating systems, but instead purchasers were asked by distributors if they 1) they desired help in installing one, and 2) in that case, which OS they wished to have installed ? Those who wanted a Windows flavour could pay what Microsoft choose to charge, while those who wanted a Linux or BSD, etc, flavour could pay what they cost. Of course, such a process might have significant consequences for the quasi-monopoly situation that obtains in the OS market today, but most of us, I am certain, could live with that....

Henri

RE: Intel's MeeGo To Expand To Notebooks And Desktops: What's Next For The Linux OS?

mhenriday — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:06:16 GMT

«To date, no version of Linux has managed to catch on with the mainstream public. It's widely used in enterprise and Web hosting, but hardly ever in homes.» To me, this sounds like false propaganda from our friends at Microsoft, at least as regards netbooks ; according to this article from Computer World (http://preview.tinyurl.com/yl5jn87 ), some 32 % of netbooks «on track to ship [in 2009]» had en Linux distro installed, while 68 % had a Windows version. A large proportion of these must certainly be included in the category of computers used «in homes». Meego will be a welcome addition to this group, but if, as I believe, a 32 % share of the market cannot be dismissed as «hardly ever», the resulting change in the market will be quantitive, rather than qualitative....

Henri

RE: Windows XP Availability Now Ending In 2011

mhenriday — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:57:26 GMT

Perhaps it's about time for people to realise that there are better alternatives - in fact, a plethora of them - to Windows operating systems out there ?...

Henri