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RE: Microsoft Trash Talks Windows XP, Tells Businesses to Upgrade to Windows 7 Already

mhenriday — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:12:56 GMT

Finishing one's work in record time - an imaginative, but rarely used way to cause trouble.... [:-)]

Henri

RE: Microsoft Trash Talks Windows XP, Tells Businesses to Upgrade to Windows 7 Already

mhenriday — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:38:13 GMT

«Yes you have to spend a fair wad of cash , but ultimately computers are cheap and labor is expensive, and shitty old computers cost more money in labor costs than would be lost by simply increasing performace with an upgrade.» Yes, indeed, but the benefits of upgrading the machine park aren't necessarily dependent upon installing new MS software, even if Microsoft represents the two concepts as being equivalent. There are, in fact, alternatives - and being aware of them is the responsibility of an IT department worthy of the name....

Henri

RE: Microsoft Trash Talks Windows XP, Tells Businesses to Upgrade to Windows 7 Already

mhenriday — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:34:19 GMT

Given that the number of internet users worldwide on 31 December 2011 was estimated at nearly 2, 300 million, or nearly 33 % of the world's population (http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm), it seems hardly likely that there exists a single «perfect solution» for everybody's needs. The problem with Microsoft, as I see it, is its tendency to make TINA - there is no alternative - claims. And while there is always a learning curve connected with a change of platform, my experience is that going from, say, Windows XP to Ubuntu 10.04 (pre-Unity) is no greater than going from Windows XP to Windows Vista or, to take another example, going from MS Office 2003 to LibreOffice than from MS Office 2003 to MS Office 2007....

In any event, it is always to the user's advantage to have more than one alternative....

Henri

RE: Microsoft Trash Talks Windows XP, Tells Businesses to Upgrade to Windows 7 Already

mhenriday — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:04:43 GMT

Sounds like the perfect solution for her, Neil ! But let me ask, was «quit shop» a typo for «quilt shop» ? Otherwise, you'll have to explain to me just what it is she sells at the rate of 20-30 a month....

Henri

RE: Microsoft Trash Talks Windows XP, Tells Businesses to Upgrade to Windows 7 Already

mhenriday — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:18:54 GMT

Some posters on this thread seem to believe that no alternatives exist to upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. On the contrary, their exist a plethora of alternatives - GNU/Linux, BSD, etc, etc. Support contracts are offered by firms like Ubuntu and Red Hat, and migrating to a different OS is hardly more difficult than upgrading from one Windows to another. Perhaps it's time to hop out of the Microsoft box ?...

Henri