Title: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Bricktop on July 21, 2015, 08:30:53 PM
Post by: Bricktop on July 21, 2015, 08:30:53 PM
I love how their CFO tries to paint the turd pretty. Microsoft's dominance of IT is declining rapidly, as it pays the price for being greedy, arrogant, and presumptious.
Its OS will be used in business and industry for the foreseeable future, but only for as long as PC's dominate the IT infrastructure.
That will change.
Microsoft won't be going away...but its ability to affect and influence the world of technology has gone. They are just another player...and not a particularly good one.
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: RW on July 21, 2015, 11:06:25 PM
Post by: RW on July 21, 2015, 11:06:25 PM
I wish they wouldn't have fucked up Skype though :/
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Bricktop on July 22, 2015, 02:24:28 AM
Post by: Bricktop on July 22, 2015, 02:24:28 AM
As a result, they did what they liked, and imposed themselves in virtually every area of computing.
Enter Apple, Mark 2...and everything changed. The iPhone. The iPod. OSX. Suddenly, Microsoft was looking distinctly outclassed.
There is no coincidence that their new OS will be called Windows 10. They've finally caught up with OSX. Version 10.0.
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: RW on July 22, 2015, 10:54:57 PM
Post by: RW on July 22, 2015, 10:54:57 PM
Speaking of fallen, see Apple's stock price lately? An 8% dump. Haha
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Odinson on July 23, 2015, 05:13:57 AM
Post by: Odinson on July 23, 2015, 05:13:57 AM
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: keeper on July 23, 2015, 09:49:19 AM
Post by: keeper on July 23, 2015, 09:49:19 AM
I got PC.Quote from: "Odinson"
I have a Gaming PC, I love it
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Bricktop on July 23, 2015, 09:52:07 PM
Post by: Bricktop on July 23, 2015, 09:52:07 PM
Don't start bleating on about Apple's OS greatness. It runs on a Unix shell. Of course it's great!Quote from: "RW"
Speaking of fallen, see Apple's stock price lately? An 8% dump. Haha
And your point is?
Apple makes no secret of the fact that their innovation relies as much on other inventiveness than their own. They simply package innovations and leading edge technologies in a single, unified and well crafted package that makes other products look rather second hand from the moment they appear.
Apple leads. Others follow. For good reason.
Microsoft has corporate platforms tied up, and will continue to do so. But in every other area, it is playing catch up...and not very successfully.
Microsoft Zune? Windows Phone? Surface Tablet? Even the X Box runs second fiddle to Playstation.
Their Office software was the best around...but who needs it these days?
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Odinson on July 24, 2015, 04:42:22 PM
Post by: Odinson on July 24, 2015, 04:42:22 PM
I got PC.Quote from: "Odinson"
I have a Gaming PC, I love itac_dance
I build this one years ago but it still runs most current games...
I have been thinking of building a new one but I´m waiting for motivation... A rush.
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: RW on July 25, 2015, 03:10:59 PM
Post by: RW on July 25, 2015, 03:10:59 PM
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Odinson on July 25, 2015, 03:28:15 PM
Post by: Odinson on July 25, 2015, 03:28:15 PM
I rest my case.
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Bricktop on July 25, 2015, 10:24:10 PM
Post by: Bricktop on July 25, 2015, 10:24:10 PM
Better a hot girlfriend than an ugly, complex, arrogant and overrated hag.
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: RW on July 25, 2015, 10:29:28 PM
Post by: RW on July 25, 2015, 10:29:28 PM
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Odinson on July 26, 2015, 04:34:44 AM
Post by: Odinson on July 26, 2015, 04:34:44 AM
How about someone open to everyone?Quote from: "RW"
Slut!
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Bricktop on July 26, 2015, 05:11:19 AM
Post by: Bricktop on July 26, 2015, 05:11:19 AM
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: RW on July 26, 2015, 07:58:44 AM
Post by: RW on July 26, 2015, 07:58:44 AM
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Odinson on July 26, 2015, 12:53:58 PM
Post by: Odinson on July 26, 2015, 12:53:58 PM
Its like Millenium Falcon.
You can stop at the spaceport to upgrade new more powerful drive.
You cant make mac look really cool.
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Bricktop on July 26, 2015, 08:12:53 PM
Post by: Bricktop on July 26, 2015, 08:12:53 PM
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: J0E on July 28, 2015, 12:08:07 PM
Post by: J0E on July 28, 2015, 12:08:07 PM
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Bricktop on July 28, 2015, 08:40:41 PM
Post by: Bricktop on July 28, 2015, 08:40:41 PM
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: Frood on July 29, 2015, 10:41:14 AM
Post by: Frood on July 29, 2015, 10:41:14 AM
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: J0E on August 01, 2015, 01:34:18 PM
Post by: J0E on August 01, 2015, 01:34:18 PM
And why would Microsoft, renown for its greed and monopolising, suddenly become all benevolent and generous?Quote from: "SPECTRE"
...I think they hope to recoupe their costs through advertising. The New OS appears to come with built-in links to advertisers, so of course if MS can make billions from them, then it offsets the 'free' downloads from users.
Title: Re: The Mighty Hath Fallen
Post by: J0E on August 01, 2015, 01:34:36 PM
Post by: J0E on August 01, 2015, 01:34:36 PM
Windows 10 is under attack over default settings which users say compromise their privacy, just days after the operating system's successful launch saw more than 14 million installs in the first 24 hours.Quote
Hundreds of commenters on sites such as Hacker News and Reddit have criticised default settings that send personal information to Microsoft, use bandwidth to upload data to other computers running the operating system, share Wi-Fi passwords with online friends and remove the ability to opt out of security updates.
Many of the complaints relate to the new personalised adverts embedded in Windows 10. When the OS is installed, Microsoft assigns the user a unique advertising ID, which it ties to the email address registered with the company. That email address is also associated with a raft of other services, such as the company's productivity and communication programs, as well as app downloads and cloud-storage uploads.
Using that information, Microsoft is able to personalise ads to the user, during both web surfing and, for newer apps downloaded from the Windows Store, app usage. Microsoft itself is leading the way on that front, even turning the in-built version of Solitaire (the card game that has been a staple of Windows installations since 1990's Windows 3.0) into a freemium game, complete with unskippable video adverts.