Is Windows near end of its run ?

"Is Vista the last operating system of this era? That is, the last operating system in the traditional sense of being this monolithic software product? Don't these Internet changes open the door to Windows a la carte?..."

interesting interview of Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, at
*news.com.com/Is+Windows+near+end+of+its+run/2100-1016_3-6125965.html?tag=nefd.top

Microsoft Windows 2020 -> Install Directly into your Brain?

Given the intense competition that Microsoft is facing, they will have to change their tactics of marketing their products. Vista maybe the last OS with their present marketing tactics.

well microsoft will certainly have to change their strategy but windows will be there for a long time to come .

Whatever Linux will always be there

Soon Linux would Crush all of the WINDOWZ ...
No matter which Edition it may b
XP or VISTA.................

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i think somewhere around near future...LINUX willl overtake windows

The first thing i noticed about vista was its heavy dependeny on the net. It does blur the boundaries between a standalone publication and a netbased product but somehow i like it that way. Using net based content helps keep the reference material up to date and makes for a better user experience esp for a new user.
One thumb up to microsoft for doing that. Hope *nix distirios follow the trend so installation and configuration become a breeze.

Someday Microsoft may buy all Linux !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EagerBeaver said:
Someday Microsoft may buy all Linux !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG

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Window is user friendly and Linux is Programer Friendly IMO.

So User will go with Windows and Programer with Linux.

MS may make OS free soon !

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Stick said:
Window is user friendly and Linux is Programer Friendly IMO.

So User will go with Windows and Programer with Linux.

MS may make OS free soon !

lol. Now that's one of the more funnier things I have read today. So, many people use linux and only a small part of them are programmers. I myself belong to users rather than programmers.

Stick said:
MS may make OS free soon !

One of the funniest thing i have read today .. lolz

Windows stopping!! No Way dude.You can find the windows users at every place.It's ease of use is it's biggest plus.Jab tak suaraj chand rahega Windows OS use hota rahega.

MS revolutionised the home PC(personal computer) concept. I dont think they'll be out so soon. They got the resources and money. I dunno if VISTA will be the last. But one thing I know is Linux is spreading fast like a wild fire. Just in 2yrs I experience its ease better than windows now, its GUI giving competition to XP and STYLE XP (witness the GUI of Knoppix) . At such rate and availability of so many apps, increasing support for hardware drivers and competition between various Linux distros (to provide the best) it wont be long when everyone will be experiencing the perfection of an OS (i.e GUI,ease, various OS transparencies) with already available freedom that comes bundled with Linux distros !

when ipod was at its peak it was said that windows is shattered now .... but guess what it came back when google and yahoo posed as a challenge to ms it stood its ground .... there was a certain browser called as netscape which now is buried ..... windows is never gonna go it will only grow bigger and 1 day from windows be named to doors

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Microsoft in near future will have new contender "MAC O.S.".

near future .... where was mac os for so long ....? .... guess what it will remain there in the near future as well

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i dont think thats possible uska naaam billu bhai hai mamu

At Microsoft, Ballmer must adjust to being alone at the top, as his friend and longtime partner, Bill Gates, eases out of his company duties to work full time on philanthropy.

What the hell? Billy has left Microsoft and is now a philanthropist?

M

Well Bill Gates will be fully retired from MS soon. But, still he will get enough money depending on the fortunes of MS.

Dear "Doomsday prophets" keep dreamin the "end" of MS as that's all that it will be a dream. MS has ruled, is ruling & WILL continue to rule while ppl who can't stand it's popularity keep arguing till cows come back home bout how many hundreds of linux versions it takes to unseat MS...good luck with ur dreams.
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Dear "Doomsday prophets" keep dreamin the "end" of MS as that's all that it will be a dream. MS has ruled, is ruling & WILL continue to rule while ppl who can't stand it's popularity keep arguing till cows come back home bout how many hundreds of linux versions it takes to unseat MS...good luck with ur dreams.

not a dream babey!Linux and BSD's surely replaces ur fugly m$ domination.dont bark for it

M

caleb said:
Dear "Doomsday prophets" keep dreamin the "end" of MS as that's all that it will be a dream. MS has ruled, is ruling & WILL continue to rule while ppl who can't stand it's popularity keep arguing till cows come back home bout how many hundreds of linux versions it takes to unseat MS...good luck with ur dreams.

Cos faith can move Mountains. Let's wait and watch the future unfold before our eyes. We'll know.

i don't MS will be out of this buisness but certainly we will see a difference in their market strategy,product deployment,etc...
however linux might overtake windows in future...
so for now just wait and watch

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subbzzz said:
Microsoft Windows 2020 -> Install Directly into your Brain?

r u crazy !!!!!! would u like to install something like that and that also from microsoft into ur brain !!!!!!!! Brave Soul........

tehnogeek said:
r u crazy !!!!!! would u like to install something like that and that also from microsoft into ur brain !!!!!!!! Brave Soul........

take it as a Joke Yaar!he may be quoting bill's dreams and his photo with a chord inserted into his brain as the one found in slashdot.org
:))

*iup.in/img/praka123/thumb/00003989.jpg

*www.theawayteam.com/RANT/billgates.html

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Whatever people may say, you need to admit that windows overall is much more convenient to use, everybody has it, everybody knows it, everybody is happy and linux is in not major way superior to windows to justify the change, nor will it ever be.
The only thing people cry about is the price, that is here to stay, either things will become cheaper, or people will become richer, or people will pirate, and in the near future nothing is gonna change.

Why the hell are you against windows? Most people pirate, some take linux, some buy orignal, thats it. If you can't afford it, blame it for the prices, but not for the content, there is nothing wrong with Windows, it may be a bit expensive for Indians, but that hardly matters to any of us, you know why, right?

I know this may seem offtopic. As for your topic, yes, Vista may be the last of the era. The next Don will be Blackcomb, to be released around 4yrs or so from now.

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Out. I don't think so. maybe in the distant future. too many users are Dependant on windows.

I THINK WINDOWS CHANGE ITS BASICS IT WILL MOVE TO COMMAND SHELL & WILL SOON HAVE TO PUBLIC ITS CODE AS OPEN SOURCE LIKE LINUX SO THAT PEOPLE MAKE IT MORE SECURE TO BE USED

FUTURE WILL BE OF MORE SECURE OS

WINDOWS OR LINUX (choice is urs)

I agree; the future of Windows may well be Open-Source. Though Windows was and always will be the most popular OS we all know the rising decline in its market share.

Even with the popularity of Linux and co growing each day, i dont think Windows will ever stop ruling. Their decrease in market share might actually be a good thing. It actually pushes the guys at Microsoft to produce better, faster software. Had no other OS challenged Windows, Microsoft ppl could have become complacent and who knows we would still be using Win 98!??

It's simple. When alternative OS's are available which can do almost anything Windows could and are offered @ a lesser price (free in some cases), it would only motivate Microsoft to keep producing better more powerful (not to mention cost-effective) versions of Windows , even if it means completely changing their coding and/or Marketing strategies.

But it'll be for the better right??

akshayt said:
Whatever people may say, you need to admit that windows overall is much more convenient to use, everybody has it, everybody knows it, everybody is happy and linux is in not major way superior to windows to justify the change, nor will it ever be.

U won't have said the above if u have experienced modern linux distros! My friend says the same as u, but I guess its more of human nature to resist changes and experience something different!

akshayt said:
The only thing people cry about is the price, that is here to stay, either things will become cheaper, or people will become richer, or people will pirate, and in the near future nothing is gonna change.

Why the hell are you against windows? Most people pirate, some take linux, some buy orignal, thats it. If you can't afford it, blame it for the prices, but not for the content, there is nothing wrong with Windows, it may be a bit expensive for Indians, but that hardly matters to any of us, you know why, right?

No body is against windows. But its just only that some people don't like windows to be compared to other distros and to be made to look inferior! U shud understand the difference between closed source software (windows) and open source sofware(Linux) and how open source software is much much better than closed source software!!

gaurav21r said:
It's simple. When alternative OS's are available which can do almost anything Windows could and are offered @ a lesser price (free in some cases), it would only motivate Microsoft to keep producing better more powerful (not to mention cost-effective) versions of Windows , even if it means completely changing their coding and/or Marketing strategies.

All above goes for u too! Neways how MS keep producing powerful products? By giving crashes,hangups and BSODs?? Neways what marketing startegies has to do with making powerful products?? It seems u also need a glimpse of modern day Linux distros!

akshayt said:
I know this may seem offtopic. As for your topic, yes, Vista may be the last of the era. The next Don will be Blackcomb, to be released around 4yrs or so from now.

I agree this is off topic, thats why I advice u to read the Linux Vs debate
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38169
And then post ur comments after reading the debate thoroughly from the start to end!

Google plan to launch new operating system in the end of 2007.Then all of the OS will be

stop advertising or be banned

EagerBeaver said:
Someday Microsoft may buy all Linux !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

***********BUT WHY 2 FORGET THAT LINUX IS PRICELESS***********

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altimate said:
***********BUT WHY 2 FORGET THAT LINUX IS PRICELESS***********

Priceless. You got a very distrorted picture of the reality.
(priceless)!=(worthless)

prakash kerala said:
not a dream babey!Linux and BSD's surely replaces ur fugly m$ domination.dont bark for it

How many hundreds of linux versions will it take? By the way do u know the no. of linux/open source OS versions released so far? count them & u might get an answer.

caleb said:
How many hundreds of linux versions will it take? By the way do u know the no. of linux/open source OS versions released so far? count them & u might get an answer.

And u please keep on counting the MS updates , which are released like parts of windows in installments to make windows complete and actually usable so that u can work without any obstructions or BSODs , which outnumber heavily the total number of Linux distros and updates released! Neways what about the linux versions? IS it bad? Please elaborate ur opinion!

Neways as u say we know the number of versions of any single linux distro and nobody is making absurd comments if u are thinking that!

If u wanna Windows Vs Linux debate, comparisons and wanna see their already accelerated popularity then read from the start,carefully and then please post here (thread below) without repeating the points!
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38169

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today attempted to end rumors that Windows Vista will be the last Windows client operating system, claiming that Microsoft has "plenty more where that came from" at a press event to mark the consumer launch of the new OS and Office 2007 in New York.
*www.pcworld.com/article/id,128681-pg,1/article.html

They will instead try to milk the "Windows" brand more than ever.

I am planning to introduce a new o.s . . Klindos which will challenge win and lin . And it will cost a whoppin 50k ,just hopping that people will pirate it and it will be popular .

giving free products is not gonna make things popular these days :-(

.. . Just kidding ,just waiting for service pack 1 for vista

Think of a day when Windows will become free and Open Source
while
Linux will neither be free nor Open Source

What will happen then??

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subbzzz said:
Microsoft Windows 2020 -> Install Directly into your Brain?

NO WAY. I dont want them to install DRM in my brain.

Or else :-

The scary stuff is :-

1. Do not take bath or toilet.
2. You shall follow what i programmed.

and other various stuff and little bit of intimate things lool.

M

Lucky_star said:
Think of a day when Windows will become free and Open Source
while
Linux will neither be free nor Open Source

What will happen then??

Day linux becomes non-OSS, there are 100's more candidates waiting to rise, GNU/Hurd, *BSD's, Solaris, ReactOS and more. So, this wishful thinking is useless.
And chances of that happening are none cos linux is just a kernel, it needs GNU utilities and they will never become proprietory cos the basis of GNU is freedom. So, if Linux goes proprietory it looses it's community support meaning instant death.

I guess lucky star was commenting up on my post

. . Lol . We all know that wont happen

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Iam waiting for React OS. Simply the best

Lucky_star said:
Think of a day when Windows will become free and Open Source
while
Linux will neither be free nor Open Source

What will happen then??

Never happen. Read GPL once, you'll understand why.

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desertwind said:
Never happen. Read GPL once, you'll understand why.

What happens if those are broken?. Those license was written by men and be broken by men.

thunderbird.117 said:
What happens if those are broken?. Those license was written by men and be broken by men.

Yah, Its possible...

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If they break it then the software will cease to exist cos the whole community will never break away and every thing in free software world depends on the community. And this community likes having source that is open and they will disown proprietory software. Meaning doomsday for it.

thunderbird.117 said:
What happens if those are broken?. Those license was written by men and be broken by men.

Atleast by this time kernel 2.6.19 is GPLed. Even if the future version is not GPLed, there are lot of ppl who'll be continuing from the last GPLed version.

Gates said Thursday that Microsoft would increase the frequency of new releases.

"We'll have major releases of Windows every three years" he said.

yahoo

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anandk said:
Gates said Thursday that Microsoft would increase the frequency of new releases.

"We'll have major releases of Windows every three years" he said.

yahoo

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