[odf-discuss] Re: Member of EU Parliament asks if Microsoft should be excluded from public procurement

[Ian Lynch]

On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 16:17 +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 07:49:00AM -0700, marbux wrote:
> > I don't expect to see Windoze 7 very soon, if this is in fact the
> > approach they are taking.
> 
> What if they have been doing it already for Vista but had to delay
> because it isn't easy and as such publish a Windows 2003 based Vista
> while still maintaining development of what would become Windows 7 ?

Who actually needs it? Apart from a few cosmetics, what does Vista do
that XP doesn't from a user point of view? If things move more and more
to the web who cares what the operating system is like? The user
experience will be through the web browser. Why will I need some
multi-virtual machine OS on my desktop? So I can spend 1000 bucks on
hardware to run it when my phone can do the same thing? Even if it turns
out to be the best thing since sliced bread for servers, MS makes its
real money from desktop OSs and DTOs are already overkill for what most
people need ie the volume sales.

> Food for thought. Still, if we've come to learn something of Microsoft
> is that the windshield will be bloody :)

Assuming there is a windshield ;-)


Ian
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