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Windows 9 will be for rent
http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245
What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in the works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a subscription. According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the given system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud, ready for picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how much of the standard Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying about this rumor.) |
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Windows 9 will be for rent
one wrote on 2014/06/04:
http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245 What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in the works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a subscription. According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the given system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud, ready for picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how much of the standard Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying about this rumor.) Request to have an alt.comp.os.windows-9 or alt.windows9.general newsgroup created so your rumor mill would be on-topic over there. |
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 23:17:29 +0100, "one" wrote:
According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the given system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud, ready for picking via various apps and services. By "services", I assume you mean 3 letter agencies, and by "apps", their toys. (Exactly how much of the standard Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying about this rumor.) What should worry you is the privacy and security of your data. You realize you are describing a "legal" datamining botnet, right ? It's probably a probe to detect the % of sheep in the general population. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Ignore it and it will go away. Hopefully. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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one wrote, On 6/4/2014 6:17 PM:
http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245 What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in the works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a subscription. Should have included the additional circumstantial information following the above paragraph. qp That said, ZDNet's Foley has heard the opposite: different SKUs of Windows will be offered for free or at different prices to OEMs and consumers, but that the desktop version will indeed have a sticker price. /qp Likewise the second quote should include the subtitle and content preceding the quote. qp Windows 9 reaches for the cloud A vision for a smaller version of Windows with more apps sounds like it lines up nicely with rumors that Windows 9 will focus heavily on cloud computing. WZOR claims to have information that supports this idea, pointing toward a Chrome OS-like operating system that requires an internet connection. /qp According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the given system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud, ready for picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how much of the standard Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying about this rumor.) Both illustrate the problem with media attempting to predict and usenet posts extracting content to substantiate a post title. The only inevitable deliverable is that apps and services will continue to be the norm (lol, and probably some form of the Modern UI Start Screen - 8.0, 8.1, 8.1U1 all have it, and the next version will probably continue with additional changes) For the person who commented about apps and services - it does not appear that tinfoil hats or free lunches will be included.g -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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....winston wrote:
Both illustrate the problem with media attempting to predict and usenet posts extracting content to substantiate a post title. No matter what the possible outcomes of the baking operation might be, we know the cake will use this for its ingredients. This will help predict what they'll do. http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201203-201405 If Microsoft were to go with an entirely "walled garden", which insures future revenue growth, will developers write Metro applications for an OS with a 7% market share ? That's the question. They're more likely to write applications for Windows 7, at 50.5%. Microsoft has lots of money in the bank, and can make a lot of fumbles if it wants. And if it wants to pursue only smart phone and tablets, that's a decision they could easily make if they want. It might require slimming down the company a bit though. That's perhaps the part they can't come to terms with. But that's how high tech companies work - they have boom and bust cycles. And if you look at Google's strategy ("dabble in everything"), you see a possible recipe to smooth out those bumps in the road. But many traditional companies are uncomfortable doing such things, not knowing how to manage or foster them. Paul |
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Paul wrote, On 6/5/2014 2:44 AM:
...winston wrote: Both illustrate the problem with media attempting to predict and usenet posts extracting content to substantiate a post title. No matter what the possible outcomes of the baking operation might be, we know the cake will use this for its ingredients. This will help predict what they'll do. http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201203-201405 If Microsoft were to go with an entirely "walled garden", which insures future revenue growth, will developers write Metro applications for an OS with a 7% market share ? That's the question. They're more likely to write applications for Windows 7, at 50.5%. Microsoft has lots of money in the bank, and can make a lot of fumbles if it wants. And if it wants to pursue only smart phone and tablets, that's a decision they could easily make if they want. It might require slimming down the company a bit though. That's perhaps the part they can't come to terms with. But that's how high tech companies work - they have boom and bust cycles. And if you look at Google's strategy ("dabble in everything"), you see a possible recipe to smooth out those bumps in the road. But many traditional companies are uncomfortable doing such things, not knowing how to manage or foster them. Paul Managing growth (or desired growth) is always a bumpy road since the efforts are based on predicting not the current users' desires but the disposable income of future users. It will continue to be a challenge for developer's to write new desirable apps for Win 8. For Win7, since retail sales have ended and a known end date for OEM the number of developer written applications for Win7 would seem to have already peaked while maintenance of the same applications would continue and to a certain extent with continued applicability and compatibly to Win 7 and later. Interesting chart...did you notice that 8.1 is not included in the graph when the Tablet platform is included What the graph does show when Mobile is included (not shown in your link) is it's impact not just today but the future direction for all players. Including Mobile drops both Win7 and XP usage much lower (38%) and (11%) respectively and Win8 down to 5% (but excluding 8.1). -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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Paul nospam needed.com wrote:
And if it wants to pursue only smart phone and tablets, that's a decision they could easily make if they want. It might require slimming down the company a bit though. Microsoft competing with Google and Apple for tablet supremacy would be the first real personal computer competition and it would be awesome. |
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Windows 9 will be for rent
Per one:
barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a subscription. The Linux people must be grinning from ear-to-ear. -- Pete Cresswell |
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On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 07:48:05 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote: barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a subscription. The Linux people must be grinning from ear-to-ear. I'm sure they are. I wouldn't describe myself as a "Linux person" whatever that is exactly, but it seems prudent to maintain a reasonable level of familiarity with the system, against the day when it becomes necessary, for reasons as much to do with sanity as finance, to abandon Microsoft altogether. Rod. |
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Windows 9 will be for rent
On 04/06/2014 23:17, one wrote: http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245 What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in the works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a subscription. According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the given system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud, ready for picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how much of the standard Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying about this rumor.) I think it looks like that we have reached a stage where further improvements and new ideas are difficult to come by and so Microsoft needs to find other ways to make sure its Revenue Stream isn't dried out completely. So I won't be surprised if OS becomes subscription only within the next 3 to 5 years depending on who is brave enough to start developing Linux Applications on a commercial basis. Mind you, Linux hasn't been developed yet for commercial use and that is why people are using Windows. Even Apple is far behind when it comes to commercial packages. Linux and Apple Mac can only catchup with Windows when they have reliable Accounting and Tax software packages. Without this they can't succeed. -- *_Good Guy_* Website: http://mytaxsite.co.uk Website: http://html-css.co.uk Email: http://mytaxsite.co.uk/contact-us |
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On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:07:15 +0100, Good Guy
wrote: Linux and Apple Mac can only catchup with Windows when they have reliable Accounting and Tax software packages. Without this they can't succeed. Why on earth would you pick such a random pair of application categories to make your example? -- *_Good Guy_* Website: http://mytaxsite.co.uk Website: http://html-css.co.uk Email: http://mytaxsite.co.uk/contact-us Oh. Never mind. |
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On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 00:48:02 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote: Linux and Apple Mac can only catchup with Windows when they have reliable Accounting and Tax software packages. Without this they can't succeed. Why on earth would you pick such a random pair of application categories to make your example? Because some people think the whole world uses the same criteria as themselves. Rod. |
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Windows 9 will be for rent
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"(PeteCresswell)" said: Per one: barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a subscription. The Linux people must be grinning from ear-to-ear. All 6 of them are probably very happy. The rest of the world won't know or care, since all of the existing purchase options are still going to be available, the only difference is that this seems to be a new ad-supported option that drops the base price of Windows even cheaper while allowing Microsoft to maintain a profit. -- Hey, it's the femailman. -- Bart Simpson |
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Windows 9 will be for rent
G. Morgan wrote:
Paul wrote: http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201203-201405 "Sorry, JavaScript is required to view Global Stats charts" I have JS enabled. Try a Javascript test page ? http://www.javatester.org/javascript.html http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/jscript.html I wonder if it is the version of javascript that is a problem... I have a relatively ancient Firefox, and Javascript on that is 1.8, while on Opera, it was 1.5. On IE6, it was 1.3. The graph displays on all three, but doesn't look identical. Would having NoScript enabled do that ? Paul |
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Windows 9 will be for rent
On 04/06/2014 4:17 PM, one wrote:
http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245 What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in the works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a subscription. According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the given system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud, ready for picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how much of the standard Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying about this rumor.) I like it. So we can buy PCs without the Microsoft royalty? Buy a PC and load Linux would help laptop and desktop sales as there would be a price drop in not having to pay M$. Less NSA keys that way too. -- Socialist-statism corruption is a great idea so long as the credit is good and other people pay for it. When the credit runs out and those that pay for it leave, they can all share having nothing but unemployment, debt and discontentment. |
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